Keeping Faith

By: Jodi Picoult

Narrated by: Eliza Foss, Julia Gibson

Length: 18 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Mariah has just discovered her husband Colin is having his second affair. During the divorce process, their seven-year-old daughter, Faith, meets an imaginary friend who may be God. Amidst much controversy, Colin sues for custody of Faith, compelling Mariah to find her inner strength.

New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult masterfully captures human relationships in her powerful novels.

©2006 Jodi Picoult (P)2006 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"Picoult gets better and better with each book...this is an entrancing novel. Highly recommended." ( Library Journal)

One of her best by far! No regretful ending .

I listened to 18 hours almost straight through! once again Jodie has done her research and made for a very intriguing story.

Question your beliefs

Not what I expected. This book is very well done very well researched and I enjoyed it quite a bit!
actually there were many times I could not stop listening to it!

Love Conquers All

Mariah could give us all hope that we can be stronger than we think, wiser than might have been expected and more generous than is deserved. As the leading character in Keeping Faith, I found her to be interesting and learning more about her and her daughter Faith kept me listening. Religion has always been a bit of a mystery to me and listening to how miracles might be examined from a number of different perspectives was an interesting thought examination. I enjoyed the book very much and will probably listen to the author again.

not my favorite book by Jodi Picoult.

I would definitely try another book of hers this one is not the best imo

not recommend this book

move slow and did not keep my interest The ending was lame don't waste your time

Not her best but still enjoyable

KEEPING FAITH, one of Jodi Picoult’s earlier books, is the story of Faith, a child who is believed to see god/Guard which puts her in the middle of religious debates, though her parents are agnostic. She’s also thrust into a custody battle based of her father’s claims her mom is causing the hysteria.

I read this book years ago and this time listened to the audiobook. I was frustrated by the lack of accuracy of child custody/family court, probably more that other readers less familiar with the topic.

The female narrators were above average, but the male couldn’t do female dialogue. Still, I enjoyed the story even though I knew the ending.

Crazy storyline but enjoyable

I am a big Jodi Picoult fan. I start every Picoult book with high expectations. During the first part of this book however, I was scratching my head. It was slow. I was determined to give the book a fair shake. And the slowness eventually gave way to Jodi's engaging writing style. There were three things that I felt weren't quite up to her usual standards: 1. ) the plot/story was a bit unrealistic for me (I am not religious). However, if you can suspend your personal beliefs the story is still well told. 2.) Typically, all of the characters in Jodi's books are very well developed, but I missed the full development and background for characters like the husband. He was pretty flat. And last of all 3.) if you listen to this book on an ipod, you will hear one of the narrators swallow and swish inbetween passages. This was like fingernails on the chalkboard to me, and even with my limited audio editing knowledge I recognized that those were items that could have been edited out of the recording.

However, despite these three things, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it. I was sad when the book ended. And with that, I give the book a solid four stars.

Good, but not my favorite

Don't read or listen to "Change of Heart" before "Keeping Faith"!!! A few of the characters from "Keeping Faith" come up in the more recent "Change of Heart" and I was disappointed when I realized that I already knew how some of the book would end. Otherwise, it was your typical Jodi Picoult book. I like them all, but the more of them that I read, the more they start to sound the same. I didn't realize that they would ALL (so far) have courtroom drama, medical issues, and an unusual number have involved organ donation. I'll still keep reading them, though.

Wonderful!!

This book is truly an excellent read. Jodi P has done it again. I was completely captivated with the believeable characters and the narrators did a great job throughout. I cannot wait until her next book!

didn't enjoy the quality of the audio

there are two narrators who each have different ideas of the characters persona, which is very frustrating. i wish it was kept to one narrator. the chapters end/start in an inconsistent manner, which you would think is a minor detail, but was actually disruptive to the rhythm of the reading. story was OK/good, but performance was lacking.