Review: Plain Truth

Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the story of Katie Fisher, a young Amish woman who is accused of murdering the new-born infant she gave birth to in secret, without being married.

The Amish called themselves the plain people. There families and Amish friends all live in acres of attached farm land. Their families work from early morning till dusk no matter what the weather brought. Men, women and children harvest what they grew, did their own canning, made hand sewn quilts and labored in many more ways to make a profit to feed their families and help other Amish families get stated. Their quiet religious people who live for the plain life. These people live without the comforts of electricity, powered machinery, electric appliances and so much more. Their happiness is keeping their families together, doing house chores and farming with their hands, abiding by the Amish rules and going to church on Sunday's.

Katie is represented in court by her cousin-by-marriage, a high-powered big city lawyer named Ellie. Ellie has desperately wanted children, and in her late 30s, thinks the opportunity has passed her by. This makes it especially difficult for her to defend Katie.

As part of the bail Ellie has to move in with Katie and supervise her until the trail is over.... this makes the book very interesting where we have an "English" person trying to live the life of a "plain" person.

As sad and confused as Katie was during her trial she only wanted to be put on the stand and confess the truth. Her attorney wanted to go with an insanity plea but Katie would not allow people to think she was insane before and after she delivered her baby. She made so many mistakes at the beginning of the situation that she just want to tell her story.....And what a story she told............

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