Salem Falls

New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult is critically acclaimed for taking hot-button issues and shaping them into riveting novels. Salem Falls is her compelling tale'inspired by Arthur Miller's The Crucible'of a wrongly imprisoned man searching for a second chance. Jack St. Bride was a popular teacher and soccer coach at a girls' prep school when he was falsely accused of statutory rape. Released after eight months behind bars, he arrives in Salem Falls hoping to start fresh. He lands a job washing dishes at the local diner and even falls in love with the owner, Addie. But then a spoiled local girl accuses Jack of assault, forcing his past into the open and turning the town against him. As she did in such favorites as Keeping Faith, My Sister's Keeper, and The Pact, Picoult tells her story with impressive grace, capturing the humanity of all her multi-dimensional characters.'Genuinely suspenseful and at times remarkably original '''Publishers Weekly 'A frothy brew of mystery, sex, and small-town secrets.''People