Sabbathday River by Jean Hanff Korelitz (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374253234

ISBN-139780374253233

eBay Product ID (ePID)337902

Product Key Features

Book TitleSabbathday River

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLegal, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths

Publication Year1999

GenreFiction

AuthorJean Hanff Korelitz

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight274.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-006636

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

SynopsisJogging outside the town of Goddard, New Hampshire, Naomi Roth finds the body of a newborn baby girl floating facedown in the Sabbathday River. News of the dead child spreads quickly through Goddard, and Naomi - an aging idealist, a former VISTA volunteer, and the founder of a women's quilting cooperative - is shocked when the community swiftly, implausibly fingers Heather Pratt, a young single mother notorious for her affair with a married man, as the prime suspect. It comes as an even greater shock when, after a long interrogation behind closed doors, Heather confesses to the crime. Moved and angered by Heather's plight - and increasingly isolated in conservative Goddard - Naomi engages the help of Judith Friedman, a lawyer and fellow "flatlander, " to defend the young woman. But when the truth at the heart of this astonishing case - and the body of a second baby - comes to light, it is Naomi who must confront how little she has understood her town, her friend, and herself.

LC Classification NumberPS3561.O6568S23 1999