Salem Falls

Salem Falls--------------------------------------------------Jack St. Bride was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girls'private school - until a student's crush sparked a powder keg of accusationand robbed him of his career and reputation. Now, after a devastatinglypublic ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and nojob, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life. He takes a jobwashing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner and slowly starts to form arelationship with her in the quiet New England village of Salem Falls.But just when Jack thinks he has outrun his past, a quartet of teenagegirls with a secret turn his world upside down once again, triggeringa modern-day witch hunt in a town haunted by its own history ...--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Jodi Picoult grew up in Nesconset, New York. Shereceived an A.B. in creative writing from Princeton and a master'sdegree in education from Harvard. Her previous novels include KEEPINGFAITH, THE PACT, and MERCY. She lives in New Hampshire with her husbandand three children.