An edition of The Sabbathday River (1998)

The Sabbathday River

Jove ed.

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December 3, 2024 | History
An edition of The Sabbathday River (1998)

The Sabbathday River

Jove ed.

When a baby dies in a conservative town in New Hampshire, a woman is unjustly accused of murder, a single mother of unconventional ways. Luckily for her, a New York feminist is at hand to help and she organizes her defense.

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Berkley Pub. Group
Language
English
Pages
514

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Cover of: The Sabbathday River
The Sabbathday River
2000, Berkley Pub. Group
in English - Jove ed.
Cover of: El Rio Sabbathday
El Rio Sabbathday
December 2000, Siglo XXI Ediciones, Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A.
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The Sabbathday River
The Sabbathday River
1999, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The Sabbathday River
The Sabbathday River
1999, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: THE SABBATHDAY RIVER
THE SABBATHDAY RIVER
May 24, 1999, Farrar Straus and Giroux, NY
hardcover
Cover of: The Sabbathday River
The Sabbathday River
Dec 01, 1998, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Brand: Farrar, Straus Giroux
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New York
Other Titles
Sabbath Day River

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3561.O6568 S22 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
514 pages ;
Number of pages
514

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26339108M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780515130119
ISBN 10
0515130117
ISBN 13
9780515130119
OCLC/WorldCat
45836900

Work 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.

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