A big, suspenseful, emotionally charged new novel by the author of A Jury of Her Peers. 
One warm September morning in 1985, not far from the town of Goddard, New Hampshire, Naomi Roth finds the drowned body of a newborn baby girl floating in the Sabbathday River. The community rapidly fingers Heather Pratt, a young single mother notorious for her affair with a married man, as the prime suspect, and after intensive interrogation by the police, Heather confesses to the crime. When Naomi, following Heather's directions, uncovers the body of a second infant-who was born on the same day as the other baby-on Heather's property, she assumes charges against the girl will be dropped. Instead, to Naomi's amazement, Heather is charged with the murder of both infants. 
Naomi, herself something of an outcast in conservative Goddard, is moved and angered by Heather's plight, and goes to work with Judith Friedman, a lawyer, to defend her. But when the truth at the heart of this astonishing case finally comes to light, it is Naomi who must confront how little she has truly understood about her town, her friend, and herself. 
Jean Hanff Korelitz has written a powerful, hypnotically readable work that reverberates with enormous impact.

The Sabbathday River

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Korelitz, Jean Hanff

Mystery

Jove Feb. 2000

THE SABBATHDAY RIVER

Farrar Straus and Giroux, NY

Sabbathday River

Macmillan

When she stumbles upon the drowned body of a newborn baby girl floating in the Sabbathday River, Naomi Roth, something of an outcast in conservative Goddard, New Hampshire, becomes involved in the case of Heather Pratt, a young single mother, who is charged with murder.

Literature & Fiction

United States

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

A big, suspenseful, emotionally charged new novel by the author of A Jury of Her Peers. One warm September morning in 1985, not far from the town of Goddard, New Hampshire, Naomi Roth finds the drowned body of a newborn baby girl floating in the Sabbathday River. The community rapidly fingers Heather Pratt, a young single mother notorious for her affair with a married man, as the prime suspect, and after intensive interrogation by the police, Heather confesses to the crime.

"Admissions. Admission. Aren't there two sides to the word? And two opposing sides...It's what we let in, but it's also what we let out." For years, 38-year-old Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a Princeton University admissions officer and her dependable domestic life. Her reluctance to confront the truth is suddenly overwhelmed by the resurfacing of a life-altering decision, and Portia is faced with an extraordinary test. Just as thousands of the nation's brightest students await her decision regarding their academic admission, so too must Portia decide whether to make her own ultimate admission. Admission is at once a fascinating look at the complex college admissions process and an emotional examination of what happens when the secrets of the past return and shake a woman's life to its core.

Admission

Grand Central Publishing

"Admissions. Admission. Aren't there two sides to the word? And two opposing sides...It's what we let in, but it's also what we let out." For years, 38-year-old Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a Princeton University admissions officer and her dependable domestic life. Her reluctance to confront the truth is suddenly overwhelmed by the resurfacing of a life-altering decision, and Portia is faced with an extraordinary test. Just as thousands of the nation's brightest students await her decision regarding their academic admission, so too must Portia decide whether to make her own ultimate admission. Admission is at once a fascinating look at the complex college admissions process and an emotional examination of what happens when the secrets of the past return and shake a woman's life to its core. *Includes Reading Group Guide*

A Jury of Her Peers

While preparing to defend her client, a homeless man accused of stabbing a child on a New York street, public defender Sybylla Muldoon comes face to face with a massive and malevolent conspiracy that takes her to the secret heights of the American justice system

Thrillers & Suspense

Onyx

When she stumbles upon the drowned body of a newborn baby girl floating in the Sabbathday River, Naomi Roth, something of an outcast in conservative Goddard, New Hampshire, becomes involved in the case of Heather Pratt, a young single mother, who is charged with murder. Reprint.

Jove

In this electrifying legal thriller, public defender Sybylla Muldoon unwittingly encounters a massive and malignant conspiracy when her client, a homeless man, is accused of stabbing a child on a New York street. With its timely, terrifying premise and its strong, engaging female protagonist, this novel breaks breaks fresh ground in the area of fictional law.

Crown

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The Sabbathday River

THE SABBATHDAY RIVER

Sabbathday River

Sabbathday River

The Sabbathday River

Admission

Admission

A Jury of Her Peers

The Sabbathday River

A Jury of Her Peers