LEADER 00000nim a22004695a 4500 003 MWT 005 20201008051033.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 200904s2006 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9781449868741 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1449868746 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rbd_9781449868741_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT13524087 037 13524087|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 813/.54|221 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Picoult, Jodi,|d1966- 245 10 Keeping faith|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cJodi Picoult. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bRecorded Books, Inc.,|c2006. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (19hr., 01 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Narrated by Eliza Foss and Julia Gibson. 520 Fans of Picoult's fluent and absorbing storytelling will welcome her new novel, which, like Harvesting the Heart, explores family dynamics and the intricacies of motherhood, and concludes, as did The Pact, with tense courtroom drama. In the small town of New Canaan, N.H., 33-year-old Mariah discovers that her husband, Colin, is having an affair. Years ago, his cheating drove Mariah to attempt suicide and Colin had her briefly committed to an institution. Now Mariah's facing divorce and again fighting depression, when her eight-year-old daughter, Faith, suddenly acquires an imaginary friend. Soon this friend is telling the girl how to bring her grandmother back from the dead and how to cure a baby dying of AIDS. As Faith manifests stigmata, doctors are astounded, and religious controversy ensues, in part because Faith insists that God is a woman. An alarmed Colin sues for custody of Faith, and the fear of losing her daughter dramatically changes meek, diffident Mariah into a strong, protective and brave womanAone who fights for her daughter, holds her own against doctors and lawyers and finds the confidence to pursue a surprising new romance with TV atheist Ian Fletcher, cynical "Spokesman of the Millennium Generation." Though the novel feels a bit long, Picoult's pacing stabilizes the increasingly complicated plot, and the final chapters, in which Mariah fights for Faith's custody in court, are riveting. The mother-daughter relationship is all the more powerful for being buffeted by the exploitative and ethically questionable domains of medicine, media, law and religion; these characters' many triumphant transformations are Picoult's triumphs as well 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Faith|vFiction. 650 0 Mother and child|vFiction. 700 1 Foss, Eliza.|4nrt 700 1 Gibson, Julia.|4nrt 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 13524087?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ rbd_9781449868741_180.jpeg