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KEEPING FAITH

Somewhere between belief and doubt lies faith.
For the second time in her marriage, Mariah
White catches her husband with another woman, and
Faith, their seven-year-old daughter, witnesses
every painful minute. In the aftermath of a sudden
divorce, Mariah struggles with depression and
Faith seeks solace in a new friend--a friend who
may or may not be imaginary.
Faith talks to her "Guard" constantly and
begins to recite passages from the Bible--a book
she's never read. Fearful for her daughter's
sanity, Mariah sends her to several
psychiatrists. Yet when Faith develops
stigmata and begins to perform miraculous healings,
Mariah wonders if her daughter--a girl with
no religious background--might indeed be seeing
God. As word spreads and controversy heightens,
Mariah and Faith are besieged by believers and
disbelievers alike; they are caught in a media
circus that threatens what little stability they have
left.
What are you willing to believe? Is Faith a
prophet or a troubled little girl? Is Mariah
a good mother facing an impossible crisis ... or
a charlatan using her daughter to reclaim the
attention her unfaithful husband withheld? As the
story builds to a climactic battle for
custody, Mariah must discover that spirit is not
necessarily something that comes from religion but from
inside oneself.
Fascinating, thoughtful, and suspenseful,
Keeping Faith explores a family
plagued by the media, the medical profession, and
organized religion in a world where everyone has
an opinion but no one knows the truth. At her
controversial and compelling best, Jodi Picoult
masterfully explores the moment when boundaries
break down, when illusions become reality, and when
the only step left to take is a leap of faith.

JODI PICOULT grew up in
Nesconset, New York. She received an
A.b. in creative writing from Princeton and a
master's degree in education from Harvard. She is
the author of five previous books, including
her most recent, The Pact, which she recently
adapted into a screenplay for a feature film and