Product Details
Atria Books, April 2002
eBook, 363 pages
ISBN-10: 0743422805
ISBN-13: 9780743422802
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Chapter 1
Bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life every parent's worst fear in this provocative, gripping tale of a female prosecutor who will do anything for justice in the name of her son.
In the course of her everyday work, career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is traumatized by a sexual assault, Nina and her husband, Caleb, a quiet and methodical stone mason, are shattered, ripped apart by an enraging sense of helplessness in the face of a futile justice system that Nina knows all too well. In a heartbeat, Nina's absolute truths and convictions are turned upside down, and she hurtles toward a plan to exact her own justice for her son -- no matter the consequence, whatever the sacrifice.

"Picoult's characters are so compelling that the reader hopes this won't be the last time we meet."
"A powerful read. . . . Jodi Picoult again tackles difficult moral and ethical questions."
"A spellbinding story."