Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult

Jack St. Bride was once a beloved teacher and soccer coach at a girls' private 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. He takes a job washing dishes at Addie Peabody's diner and slowly starts to form a relationship with her in the quiet New England village of Salem Falls. But just when Jack thinks he has outrun his past, a quartet of teenage girls with a secret turn his world upside down once again, triggering a modern-day witch hunt in a town haunted by its own history . . .

Pertama mencoba membaca karya Jodi Picoult.
Jack St. Bride adalah guru dan pelatih sepak bola di sekolah khusus putri, hingga tuduhan penyerangan seksual terlontar dan membuat Jack harus dipenjara dan kehilangan segalanya. Kini dalam usaha memulai hidup barunya, Jack pindah ke kota kecil Salem Falls.

Di Salem Falls, Jack bertemu dengan Addie Peabody dan bekerja sebagai pencuci piring di restoran milik wanita itu. Perlahan-lahan hubungan yang lebih akrab pun terbentuk antara mereka. Ketika Jack merasa hidupnya sudah membaik, sekelompok remaja putri penggemar ilmu tenung membuat dunia Jack kacau-balau dengan tuduhan yang sama.
Kisahnya cukup mengharukan, dgn cepat aku bersimpati pada Jack & bagaimana kehidupan memperlakukannya dgn keras. Sayang di akhir tdk diungkapkan air mani siapa sebenarnya yg ada di paha Gilly. Jawabannya hanya pembaca yg diberi tahu.