Tall, blonde and handsome, Jack McBride was once a beloved teacher and football coach at a girl's school, until a student's crush sparked a powder-keg of accusation and robbed him of his career and reputation. Now after a devastatingly public ordeal that left him with an eight-month jail sentence and no job, Jack resolves to pick up the pieces of his life; taking a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner, and slowly forming a relationship with her. But just when it seems like his life is back on track, Jack finds himself the object of fresh accusations of rape brought on by a coven of bewitching teenage girls from Salem Falls, and history repeats itself as Jack's hidden past catches up with him. In a sleepy hamlet haunted by enduring love and wicked deceit, Picoult masterfully leads readers toward a truly shocking finale.
- ISBN10 0743418719
- ISBN13 9780743418713
- Publish Date 1 August 2002 (first published 3 April 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 21 June 2005
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Imprint Pocket Books
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 464
- Language English