Which proves difficult when she needs to recharge her laptop in order to produce the necessary paperwork for her case. Is she telling deliberate lies? Is she schizophrenic? Is she a cold-blooded killer and also an actress? Why can’t she remember giving birth - or, apparently, conceiving the baby in the first place…?Įllie, meanwhile, has to adapt to Amish culture which includes learning to milk cows, helping with chores in the kitchen, being taught to sew… and living without electricity. Katie appears to have some form of amnesia, although as the book develops, and she ‘remembers’ more, it’s hard to know what’s going on. The bulk of the book is about Ellie and Katie as they get to know each other. She doesn’t want to take on another case, but finds herself not just defending Katie, but offering to be her ‘keeper - to watch her, and ensure that she stays with her until the trial begins, so that Katie does not have to go to jail. She justifies it to herself but feels bad for his victims. And then the police get involved, and Katie is accused of murder.Įllie, meanwhile, is a lawyer who is taking a break with an aunt nearby after a stressful case which she won by convincing the jury that a guilty man was innocent. However, Katie denies having had a baby despite medical evidence that she has. It’s clear, very quickly, that the mother is a young Amish woman called Katie, and that the baby has died. It starts with a brief, tragic and slightly confusing scene when a baby is born, and then vanishes. As with Picoult’s other novels, it became more and more difficult to put down, the further I read. I picked it up about three days ago… and although it’s not a short book, I finished it today. It was quite a surprise, however, to realise that I’ve had ‘Plain Truth’ sitting on my to-be-read shelf for over three years now. But it’s taking me a while to get around to reading them, perhaps because I’ve been concentrating on more lightweight novels. I have enjoyed most of them, and added a few more to my wishlist a few years ago. Each one has been very well-written, with a powerful plot, difficult to put down… and quite emotionally draining. I’ve only read a few of Jodi Picoult’s novels.
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