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    Keeping Faith

    By Jodi Picoult

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    “A triumph. This novel’s haunting strength will hold the reader until the very end and make Faith and her story impossible to forget.”
    —Richmond Times Dispatch

    “Extraordinary.”
    —Orlando Sentinel

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart, Handle with Care) comes Keeping Faith: an “addictively readable” (Entertainment Weekly) novel that “makes you wonder about God. And that is a rare moment, indeed, in modern fiction” (USA Today).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 6, 2009
    ISBN9780061981722
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    Jodi Picoult

    JODI PICOULT is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-six novels. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, the ALA’s Alex Award, the New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit, and the prestigious Sarah Josepha Hale Award in recognition of her distinguished body of written work. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband. They have three children. You can visit her website at wwww.jodipicoult.com  

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    • 4/5
      I loved this book. it does have moments of lull. however, a must read
    • 5/5
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    • 4/5
      I have mixed feelings about Jodi Picoult. On the one hand, she is a fantastic story-teller. On the other hand, too much of her and the books start feeling formulaic. This is the story of Faith, a seven-year-old Jewish girl who, upon her parents' divorce, begins seeing visions of God (a female!), experiencing stigmata and healing people. This leads to enormous amounts of media, church and public attention, ending all possibility of living a normal life. It also causes Faith's father to seek custody, as he believes her mother is not protecting Faith from all the chaos, and that she may even be causing it.Well written (as always), some plot lines that are easy to see where they'll go next (as usual)...but I really like the way Ms. Picoult ended this one....with a subject as emotionally charged as the existence of God, she managed to find an inspired way to escort the reader from Faith's life.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This one was a hard book to put down. I was so hooked on the drama that I always end up being late for something because I was too engrossed! I knew this book would have quite a few arguments regarding religion in it, so I was very curious to see what diagnosis they'd come up with for Faith's 'condition'.

      However for me, some of the outcomes were predictable, like the relationship between Mariah and Ian. But other than that, it's a good read!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I haven’t read a Jodi Picoult for a while, not since I realised how similar and formulaic they all were. I picked this up, one of her earlier ones, having read the back cover blurb and decided that it might be different - it seemed a difficult scenario to shoehorn a courtroom drama into. I soon realised I was wrong - there was the courtroom drama all present and correct, but not only that, this novel lacked the polish of her later ones, and in terms of the narrative focus, it was all over the place. People changed opinion and motivation to suit the needs of the story and the whole thing just felt messy and repetitive. At the book’s centre is the character Faith, who appears to be performing miracles right left and centre, not least the apparent resuscitation of her clinically dead grandmother, and the development of stigmata. On the one hand I fully expected the book to explain all these away in some common sense way by the end. On the other hand the events were presented as pretty much unchallengeable. I suspected it would have something to do with the changing viewpoint, and Faith’s mother Mariah would be shown to be an unreliable narrator in some way, and most of it didn’t happen. After all, much of the book centred around a contrived battle for custody of the child, alleging that in some way the mother was in some way causing the “miracles” to happen for attention or something.I hope it won’t count as a spoiler to say that I was wrong about that, and that the eventual conclusion was far less illuminating.
    • 2/5
      This was not my favorite Jodi Picoult novel, and I love Jodi Picoult's novels.

      The story opens with Mariah and her daughter, Faith, walking in on her husband, Colin, who happens to be having an extramarital affair with Jessica...in their own house. So, of course, Mariah is shattered when Colin divorces her and then marries Jessica, who is now pregnant. Colin doesn't exactly exude joy to be married to Jessica, but rather obligated. He's a cad.

      As the domestic stuff unfolds, Faith begins to talking to God and then bleeding from her hands. And, is now the hot topic on tabloid television. And, then Colin observes the story on the television and decides now that he's the better parent and so a court hearing pursues...for all the world to see....

      Not a lot of twists or turns as is Jodi's usual...the end is an end and well, it falls flat for me.

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    • 3/5
      Typical Picoult. Makes me wonder when I'll give up on the cookie cutter books.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The story starts with Mariah and her daughter, Faith having a very normal, typical life. En route to dance class, Faith reminds her mom that her leotard was left at home. U-turning home, Faith and Mariah notice Colin is back from his work trip and little Faith runs inside the house to embrace her daddy that she loves and adores. However, Faith and Mariah walk in on Colin and his mistress, Jessica. From there, the story truly begins.Mariah spirals into a depression, however she is able to rely on her mom to take care of Faith while she is basically comatose from the shock of finding out about the affair. Faith stops talking and is basically catatonic from walking in on her dad and the mistress and feeling it’s her fault that her family split up.The debate of God’s existence, religion and non-religion, family, spirituality, science, and mental illness are some of the topics that Jodi addresses in this book. There are so many layers to this storyline, with complex characters, that I found myself immersed in this book quite quickly. I’ve read House Rules by Jodi Picoult and didn’t like the way the chapters were broken down by character’s viewpoints. This story is written primarily through Mariah’s point of view,with different characters at times sharing from their viewpoint, however it is only done when it will enhance the storyline…not confuse it.Because Mariah is a non-practicing Jew and Colin is a non-practicing Episcopalian, Catholic priests and Rabbi’s start showing up at the house to question Faith. The primary issues are: is God female, does Faith have stigmata, and can God perform miracles through a girl who doesn’t follow a religion nor know anything about the Bible. Then, there is Ian, an atheist that is as famous as Billy Graham and is on tour. His tour takes him to Faith, where he is determined to show that Faith is a hoax and her mother is behind it all. However, he starts to know the family, falls in love with Mariah, and his faith is questioned as he witnesses a miracle. While he tries to figure out how to run his show, please the producers, and keep the trust he has with Mariah and Faith, he has his own challenges to go through in this book.Again, there are just so many issues that each character is faced with overcoming that you will engaged throughout the whole book!In the end, readers will finish the book knowing that God is real, Jesus is the son of God, and miracles do happen today. While there is a lot that happens in the book, I don’t want to share too much because I highly recommend this book to everyone. However, I will add that I was quite confused with the ending of the book. While the book does overall end with questions answered, I was quite perplexed by the last scene in the book. I realize that the author is showing that God moved on to another person who needed Him more and also to show that it was God performing the miracles and not Faith, but what was the deal with Mariah’s “knife” smile???? Why did Jodi use that particular word in the book? I can understand that Faith is scared when she realizes that she is now alone and God (Guard) is no longer with her, and even that she carries a private conversation (meant to be heard by Mom) because she was in some ways scared Mom would start ignoring her again and/or Faith would no longer be important to her (of course, this is through a child’s perspective), but the knife smile is what really confused me. Is it that mom could see through Faith and realized that God’s spirit was around either and the knife smile was her cutting through the B.S. or that Mariah was angry to leave Ian and check on her (so in some ways regressing to old patterns)? In the end, it is quite clear that both will need counseling as is suggested by Kenzie, psychiatrists, and the lawyers. This end scene just confirms that.

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    • 5/5
      This personally is my favorite book by Jodi Picoult. I'm an atheist but I did still enjoy reading this novel. I think it sends an important message. I never know how much to write in my reviews just in case people haven't read it yet, I don't want to give too much away. I like the concept of the book and I'd say it is worth the read.

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    • 4/5
      I have heard a lot of reviewers pan Jodi Picoult because all her books are similar or because she manipulates the readers. While that isn't totally off base, I still enjoy her writing and don't mind being manipulated a little for the sake of a good plot! Keeping Faith was one of her better books in my opinion. The plot centers around a 7 year old girl who begins having visions of God after her parents divorce. Some of the secondary characters were a bit two dimensional but the main characters, especially Faith herself, were intriguing and well developed. As in many of Picoult's books you are forced to think about issues in shades of grey instead of black and white. This joins my top three Jodi Picoult books along with My Sister's Keeper and The Pact.

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    • 4/5
      I'm always on the lookout for books that deal with religious themes, issues, and/or situations that are outside the religious writing market; mainly because the religious market has a lot of awful writers. Jodi writes a beautiful novel about a non-religious girl that talks to God (in female form) and develops Stigmata. From the militant atheist to the priest and rabbi, the characters are real and not thin caricatures of one group or another. There were moments the characters could have been a little more defined; however, this might have dragged the story down. There were also moments the story felt hurried, (i.e. during the trial), but overall this was a delight. If you are looking for a fun beach read, this is it. There some great character lines and insight to faith, religion, and the line of what we can and cannot explain.

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    • 1/5
      11/10/08Ugh!! I finished this last night because I couldn't bear to spend another day of my life with this in my purse. So why did I read it? For the same reason that many young women read books they might not be thrilled with... I had to read it for my book club (...which normally picks much more intelligent and interesting books). As I mentioned to the person selecting the book when she solicited comments about her short list of options, I've never been tempted to read a Picoult book. And now I'll probably be using this as an opportunity to remind people about what makes a good book club book... and what does not.The short summary is this: after her parents' separation and divorce, Faith White starts talking to God (who she sees as a woman and calls "her Guard"). Faith starts healing people and develops what appears to be Stigmata. Divorce, medical things, custody battle. In short, complications ensue for father, mother, daughter, and the hot Southern television guy that's supposed to be proving Faith to be a fraud if he wasn't falling for her mom.My irritation at this book exists on many levels. As far as being pertinent in a GoodReads review, here are a few. Oh, and I'm not too concerned about spoiling things for anyone reading this review, as I hope you don't pick up this waste of trees, so if you really don't want me to spoil the incredibly obvious and uninteresting ending... Don't read any further.1. This was an incredibly formulaic book... It's as though Picoult had worked out a system for churning out books with interchangeable characters geared to a female marketplace (Working on her seventeenth book and she's only 42, is she? You don't say!). Names and details were changed, but otherwise it was like you might see: [Insert protective mother example here!:] [Insert love scene here!:] [Insert courtroom drama here!:] I'm betting that if I picked up another Picoult book, I'd find myself in a book with the names and situations slightly changed, but ultimately, the exact same outline.2. For a book that is essentially beach reading, it took itself way too seriously. You realize mass markets are made for beach totes, right? Pure and simple. That's the level of the writing, the intricacy of the characters, etc. I have nothing against beach reading or silly books, believe me. I find them to be delightful when that's what you want. But this book wants to pretend that it's about religion and protecting children... and funnily enough, she gets way more preachy about what children need in the courtroom scenes rather than being preachy about the religion (where everyone seems to be rational and accepting, aside from one small spectacle on Larry King). Oh and speaking about the focus on children...3. For a book where characters kept insisting that the main story here (be it in the media frenzy, hospital scenes, or custody case) was about Faith (the child), I actually didn't think Picoult paid much attention to Faith until the last page of the book. (And then it was to do something incredibly inconsistent with the story she was writing.) Instead, the real drama centered around Mariah, the mother. (Maybe because Picoult is aiming for a middle-aged female market of wives and mothers, who want to know that just because they're not a gold-star mom and life isn't going smoothly, they're still great and could have a happy ending?) Picoult put way more effort into the relationship between Mariah and the tele-atheist Ian (though certainly not enough to convince us that their coupling is anything but unbelievable). Faith just wanders in occasionally to talk about drowned kittens and spurt blood from her hands and side.4. I didn't find any of the characters to be deep or complicated... Or particularly likable. The mother is needy and spineless. The grandmother is a stereotype of a strong grandmother figure. The father is an adultering asshole that the writer wants to pretend like she's not depicting as an ass, so she throws in a moment or two where he sees other kids and misses Faith, or he worries a bit about diving right into a new family. The tele-atheist is way too simplified, would never actually be interested in Faith's mom, and his big secret was incredibly obvious. And for a story where "everything is uncovered" in these people's lives by detectives and media snoops, they conveniently miss a few things which, surprisingly enough, benefits the characters you're supposed to be rooting for.5. Picoult wants you to think she's giving you a book where things might not be what they seem, and issues are complicated... She just doesn't want to put the effort into writing that book. There came a point where I stopped and wondered if Picoult was ballsy enough to do something (aka make this not about a kid hearing God, but make this about whether or not Faith or Mariah was lying and was mentally unstable). But that was a fleeting moment. I then remembered what a predictable book this had been up to that point and sure enough, we had to endure a hundred pages or so of courtroom scenes where Picoult desperately wanted us to think that the happily ever after for mother/daughter was in jeopardy.Those are just a few things that bothered me. Thankfully, this book club meeting isn't for another month or so. I'll rant here and to my friends for a few more days, but perhaps by the time we meet, I'll have come up with something constructive to say or have thought of some interesting questions to pose for discussion. But right now, the only thing I'm left wondering is how many times Picoult watched Contact and how hard she thought about covering up the idea that Ian's character was really just Matthew McConaughey playing for the other side?11/06/08Sigh. Not what I would be choosing for a book club of intelligent young women.

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    • 3/5
      Another one of Jodi Picoult’s family dramas. This one involves adultery, divorce, and a child custody battle. The twist in this tale however comes from the little girl, aptly names Faith, who starts ‘suffering’ from stigmata, and her mother gets blamed for making it up to get attention. It’s called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.The story behind the story for me is about the mom who is one of those women who thought the sun rose and set on her husband and wonders what a man like him ever saw in a woman like her. Her confidence is shattered when he has an affair and leaves her, and gradually she learns how to trust herself and find her strength, not only for herself, but for her daughter as well. I get the impression that a strong part of the author’s identity is that of mother because in most of her books that I have read so far, she delves deeper into yet another aspect of what it’s like being a mother. In this case, it means believing the word of your child even when it doesn’t make sense and nobody else believes her. You believe her because you’re her mother and you need to believe her, for both your sakes.The book also gives some insight into stigmata, what it’s about, how it gets recognised by the church, the attention it gets from the media and devout Christians, and how the medical community explains it. I personally don’t believe it so those parts of the book were just kind of strange for me. Oh, and what was also interesting about it, is that the visions of God that the girl has was of a female God. That created a whole hoopla of it’s own, as you can imagine. As far as the most popular religions go (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc), God is neither gender and both.Due to the topic being as much about religion as it was, this wasn’t one of my favourite of her novels. Otherwise, it’s classic Jodi Picoult with the family drama / courtroom drama /social commentary.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent book, love this author. Couldn't put it down.
    • 4/5
      on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 I wrote about this book:

      Finished reading last night. I liked this book. Very interesting subject. Maybe the book could have been a bit shorter and it would have been better but all in all a very good read.
      8.5

    • 4/5
      Keeping Faith. Jodie Picoult. 2010. This must have been a good deal on the Kindle because I usually like to read hard copies of Picoult so I can share with friends. This book is as readable and suspenseful as the other Picoult novels I’ve read. Mariah White and and her daughter Faith come home early and find her husband with another woman. Mariah quickly divorces her husband. Shortly after Faith who has had no religious training whatsoever starts seeing the Virgin Mary, healing people and develops stigmata! The media discovers Faith and life becomes a nightmare. A rabbi, a Catholic priest and a con man who has become famous debunking all things religious try to determine if Faith is imagining her visions or if they are real.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely love this book! It has been on my favorites list for about seven years now. I have the original print copy of this novel. Unfortunately there are quite a few errors that were not caught by the editors but it shows an amazing story of a family being torn apart and a girl who brings multiple religions and peoples together. I would recommend this to anyone!
    • 2/5
      did not find it compelling nor interesting. it was the soapy elements and the whiney mother that did not do it, at least not for me. besides, religious dilemma was never an issue for me, and - unexplained miracles only seem to exist until we can explain them.
    • 4/5
      Interesting discussion of theology and spirituality in this novel. However, I still don't like Picoult's prose.
    • 4/5
      Picoult novels never disappoint me. In this book, issues of divorce, affair, and stigmata take center stage on trial. I love how Picoult moves from first person to third person seamlessly, even within chapters. This story kept and held my attention the whole way through.
    • 1/5
      Poor little Jodi has been in the news recently, complaining about the fact that most of the books reviewed in the NYT are by men, and not enough are by women. Of course, what she means is that none of them are by her.So, to redress this terrible injustice, I spent the afternoon in the bookstore reading some of her latest efforts with the aim of reviewing them for her. I spent about 20 minutes on each one, which is probably about as long as she spent writing it.My review:Pap.
    • 3/5
      While I have thoroughly enjoyed many other Jodi Picoult novels, this was not my favourite. I didn't feel the story was really believable. The religious debate about this young girl and her struggles didn't sit well with me. While the characters were well developed, the story line just wasn't my cup of tea.
    • 4/5
      For me, this was quite the page-turner. I enjoyed the way that Jodi took a popular religious theme and made it into a realistic story about an everyday mother and daughter, and keeping it convincing the whole time. It explores the idea of religious doubt being challenged by something that nobody can explain, and along the way everybody is forced to question what they truly believe. I was really struck by this story, because it made me wonder how much proof somebody needs that goes against what they believe (or don't believe), in order to cause them to second guess themselves. I guess in this particular case, it depends how attached you are to your skepticism, but also how much beef you have with Christianity that is not related at all to anything the religion actually teaches.The ending does not provide a whole lot of closure, but to me that just reinforces that at the end of the day, we can never absolutely know the answers to spiritual questions; we can only be guided by our own experience.
    • 4/5
      I read this one after taking a small break from Jodi Picoult. Her books, no matter what order I read them in, just seemed to get progressively worse. But still, I began this one with a smile. I wasn't exactly impressed. It was just a book. Not tremendously horrible enough for me to rant about, and not incredibly fantastic enough for me to rave about. I just found the whole thing kind of anticlimatic. I get waiting for Jodi's trademark twist....but nothing. Did I miss it? Was it not even big enough for me to qualify a twist or was it simply not there? I just think that she honestly didn't know how to explain Faith, so she just left it hanging. No conclusive endings here. Just unanswered questions. The more righteous among you might say "well, life has unanswered questions, so I suppose she was just being realistic." Well BOO. This is fiction, damnit! Make up some new fancy I-See-God disease if you have to! It would have been something different if I liked the characters more. Mariah was a twit and Colin was a tool. The grandma was spunky, but a little stereoptypical. Even though Faith was supposedly the entire reason for the novel, I felt distant from her. One thing I can't understand is why Mariah was chosen as first person POV, and nobody else was. It would just make more sense to me if Faith was in first person if anyone was. Oh,and the relationshop between Ian and Mariah...Can you say sappy? I can. Sap sap SAPPY But the writing was good like always. Picoult sure knows how to make a sentence. Even though there was less "OMG. This quote is so good! So true! So powerful!" this time around. I shall conclude this review by saying I did not particularly enjoy this book, but it did provide distraction and allowed me to procrastinate my studying further.
    • 4/5
      interesting concept and something to think about in this day & age
    • 1/5
      I bought this assuming I'd like it as I've liked all the other books barring one, but I didn't. I couldn't settle with it & iy trmsind on my shelf, maybe I'll give it another try one day.
    • 3/5
      Not one of her best.
    • 4/5
      This book was very good. It's about a girl who starts seeing God and performing miracles after her parents divorce. It really makes you question faith and those who don't practice any kind of faith. The book really explores the extremes of being too religious and of lacking any kind of religion. I really enjoyed this book and give it 4 out of 5 stars
    • 4/5
      Keeping Faith is a really well written novel by Jodi Picoult about bringing family together. Mariah is the single mother of Faith whose dad was a cheater and got re-married. Mariah not knowing how to raise a child is going through life on her own trying to protect her child. But Faith has started to see God and the family has not even studied religion. Mariah knows that Faith knows nothing about religion since Mariah has never told anything bout religion to her. As the novel continues, Faith starts to see God more, brings her grandma back to life and she is starting to bleed from her hands. The entire press is at Mariah's doorsteps trying to get the entire story, and bring Faith's magical powers to everyones notice. One of the press members is Ian, who doesn't even believe in God. Will Mariah be able to save her daughter from all this press? Why is Faith seeing God? Why is Faith bleeding from her hands everytime she tries to help someone? What if Mariah falls in love with Ian?
    • 5/5
      Another engrossing read from Jodi Picoult. Beautifully written, as always.After Mariah White and her cheating husband’s marriage breaks up, their daughter, Faith starts reciting biblical passages, hearing and seeing visions of god, performing miracles and she even experiences stigmata. Faith and her family have no religious background whatsoever. They are then thrown into media chaos and a frenzied custody battle, making for a very powerful story. This is an intriguing story that makes the character's and the reader question what their religious beliefs are and what is the truth. The mother-daughter relationships in the book are very real and complicated like they are in real life. I would recommend this book to everyone no matter what their religious background, I couldn't put it down.