What if your child suddenly began hearing voices and developed unexplained wounds? What would you think? What would you do? Jodi Piccoult explores these questions in Keeping Faith. Following an unexpected divorce, Mariah seeks to succumb once again to depression. Her daughter, Faith, seeks solace in her "Guard." A gathering of true believers and skeptics gathers on the front lawn of the previously a-religious family and intense media scrutiny begins when Faith begins exhibiting healing powers and then suffers unexplainable wounds on her hands.
Ms. Piccoult tenderly examines the struggles which Mariah undergoes she attempts to keep her daughter sheltered while trying to determine the cause of Faith's symptoms. Only when Marish appears at a breaking point does Faith's father enter the picture again, beginning a custody battle.
I was most compelled by the way in which Ms. Piccoult examines the idea of "faith" without making a definitive statement on the subject. As Ms. Piccoult has said, she "wanted to look not at religion...but at belief." She leaves enough room for the reader to come to her own conclusions. Is Faith a prophet or a troubled little girl? To me, the answer wasn't nearly as important as the journey to it.
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