Издания и произведения

Заседание суда. Обвиняемый — священник, совративший ребенка. Грохот выстрела. Подсудимый со стоном падает... Нина, мать несчастного ребенка, решила сама совершить правосудие, но оказалось, что ее жертвой стал невиновный. Неужели она совершила роковую ошибку? Как жить с чувством вины? Простят ли ее муж и сын? Нина в отчаянии, она готова на все, чтобы вернуть в семью покой. Однако это невозможно — ведь настоящий преступник так и остался безнаказанным. Кто отомстит за изломанную жизнь ребенка и ее искалеченную судьбу? Нина не догадывается, на что способны истинная любовь и преданность...

Picoult brings to life a female prosecutor whose cherished family is shattered when she learns that her five-year-old son has been sexually abused. What does it mean to be a good mother? How far would you go in the name of love -- and justice? 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…

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…