Addie takes Meg to report the incident to policeman Charlie, who is Meg's father. However, Meg confides in Addie that she remembers Jack touching her in a sexual manner. Throughout the trial, Jordan casts reasonable doubt on Gillian's testimony. Jack is defended by attorney Jordan McAfee. Due to his intoxicated state at the time, he is unable to recall exactly where he was that night. He is accused of sexually assaulting Gillian. One night, after a fight with Addie, Jack accidentally stumbles upon them in the woods while they are celebrating the Wiccan holiday of Beltane. Simultaneously, the novel focuses on local teenage girls who experiment with Wicca: disturbed Gillian, the daughter of Amos Duncan a prominent businessman Chelsea Whitney and Meg. However, Addie does not change her attitude toward him. As this is public record, the entire town becomes aware of his past. Under law, he is required to register with the local police as a convicted sex offender.
At the time, she is still mourning the death of her young daughter, Chloe, who died from bacterial meningitis at age six. He begins a romantic relationship with Addie Peabody, the woman who operates the diner with her father, Roy. Without disclosing his past, he is hired as a dishwasher. Jack's mother refuses to believe his claims of innocence and abandons him.Īfter serving his sentence, Jack wants to have a fresh start, which he finds when he wanders into a diner in Salem Falls, New Hampshire. Following his lawyer's advice, he accepts a plea bargain for a lesser charge and is sentenced to eight months in prison.
However, he is falsely accused of committing statutory rape with one of his students. Jack is a highly educated high school teacher at a private school for girls in New England.
The novel explores what happens to a person when he is given a label and is not allowed to escape from it. Salem Falls (2001) is the eighth novel by the American author Jodi Picoult.
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