Salem Falls

Paperback

Condition: Good

From the national bestselling author of PLAIN TRUTH comes an acclaimed richly atmospheric novel about a teacher undone by a disturbing modern-day witch hunt. Tall blonde and handsome Jack McBride was once a beloved teacher and football coach at a girl's school until a student's crush sparked a powder-keg of accusation and robbed him of his career and reputation. Now after a devastatingly public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life; taking a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner and slowly forming a relationship with her. But just when it seems like his life is back on track Jack finds himself the object of fresh accusations of rape brought on by a coven of bewitching teenage girls from Salem Falls and history repeats itself as Jack's hidden past catches up with him. In a sleepy hamlet haunted by enduring love and wicked deceit Picoult masterfully leads readers toward a truly shocking finale. --> Genre: Romance General