The Sabbathday River

1st ed.

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Author

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Publication

1999 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

126,000 words, Guess

Page Count

504 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivesabbathdayriver00kore
ISBN-100374253234
ISBN-139780374253233
Goodreads3322869
LibraryThing217319

and 2 more

Library of Congress Control Number98006636
Open LibraryOL23243068M

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3561.O6568 S23 1999

Alternate Titles

Sabbath Day River

Description

Jogging 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.