'Picoult offers a perfectly pitched take on the great mysteries of the heart. Her best yet.' - Kirkus Reviews Somewhere between belief and doubt lies faith. As Mariah White struggles with the aftermath of a sudden divorce, her seven-year-old daughter Faith seeks solace in a new friend-a friend who may or may not be imaginary. Faith talks to her 'Guard' constantly and begins to recite passages from the Bible-a book she's never read. After a succession of visits to psychiatrists, all of whom conclude Faith is not ...
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'Picoult offers a perfectly pitched take on the great mysteries of the heart. Her best yet.' - Kirkus Reviews Somewhere between belief and doubt lies faith. As Mariah White struggles with the aftermath of a sudden divorce, her seven-year-old daughter Faith seeks solace in a new friend-a friend who may or may not be imaginary. Faith talks to her 'Guard' constantly and begins to recite passages from the Bible-a book she's never read. After a succession of visits to psychiatrists, all of whom conclude Faith is not hallucinating, the unimaginable starts to seem possible: perhaps Faith may actually be seeing God. When Faith's cachet is enhanced by reported miracle healings and alleged stigmata, she is touted as a prophet. Amidst the gathering storm of controversy, Mariah and Faith are besieged by believers and disbelievers alike, caught in a media circus that threatens what little stability they have left. As Mariah finds herself fighting to keep her daughter, she has to push past her own insecurities and stand up for herself and her competence as a parent. Keeping Faith explores a family in crisis, caught in a world where everyone has an opinion but
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Keeping Faith is about a seven year old little girl who after he parents divorce claims that she is seeing and communicating with God! Is it really god or an imaginary friend? Did she really bring her grandmother back from the dead and did she really cure all the sick people in the ICU while she was hospitalized? It's a mother and grandmothers struggle to keep all peeping eyes away from Faith. The last man that Faith's mother ever expected to fall in love with is the man that saves Faith and keeps her where she belongs!
