Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Keeping Faith "Keeping Faith" by Jodi Picoult. It's based on a 7-year-old girl named "Faith" who's parents divorce. After the divorce, Faith starts talking to an "imaginary friend", whom she reveals later is her "Guard". At first her mom doesn't think a whole lot about it, however, she starts noticing some peculiar things happening with Faith. Her grandma has a massive heart attack and dies at the hospital. After she is pronounced dead, Faith and her mother are allowed in to see the body. Faith climbs onto the table and breaths into her grandma's mouth. This brings the grandma back to life and restores her to perfect health. Then Faith has the appearance of stigmata to her hands. Then her mother realizes that she's not seeing her "Guard", she's talking to "God". The problem is that Faith has no idea who God is. Her parents have never taken her to church and have never discussed religion with her or in her presence. Faith begins speaking Hebrew and reciting passages from the bible. She also heals a baby who has AIDS. This wreaks havoc on the family when the press finds out about Faith. They stake out at her house and so do hundreds of people who want Faith to heal them and lay hands on them. Her father finds out about the scene and decides to take Faith away from her mother, thinking that her mother is causing the situation for attention. They ensue in a court battle and ends up leaving everyone a believer in God. This book is extremely well written. I would recommend it to anyone who likes religious fiction or just enjoys reading Jodi Picoult books. (KL) 2:45:54 PM

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