Nineteen Minutes: A novel
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From the dust cover:
In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five... In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge.
Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens- until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. For them, the lines between truth and fiction, right and wrong, insider and outside have been obscured forever. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, could be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened in front of her own eyes. And as the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show, destroying the closest of friendships and families.
Nineteen Minutes is New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult's most raw, honest, and important novel yet. Told with the straightforward style for which she has become known, it asks simple questions that have no easy answers: Can your own child become a mystery to you? What does it mean to be different in our society? Is it ever okay for a victim to strike back? And who- if anyone- has the right to judge someone else?
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Hardback purchased to read and share.
In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five... In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge.
Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens- until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. For them, the lines between truth and fiction, right and wrong, insider and outside have been obscured forever. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, could be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened in front of her own eyes. And as the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show, destroying the closest of friendships and families.
Nineteen Minutes is New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult's most raw, honest, and important novel yet. Told with the straightforward style for which she has become known, it asks simple questions that have no easy answers: Can your own child become a mystery to you? What does it mean to be different in our society? Is it ever okay for a victim to strike back? And who- if anyone- has the right to judge someone else?
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Hardback purchased to read and share.
Finally read this book!
Parts of it (especially at the beginning) really made me cry. It's a very moving story and situation, and I could feel the intense loss and pain of many of the characters.
Overall it was a good story. Parts of it were slow, but for the most part it really moved quickly- and I didn't expect the ending. Several shocking things at the end.
I found it interesting especially with the recent stories in the media about school bullying and what students have done about it. My hope is that no child ever has to go through what the students in this book did- on either side of the situation.
Released while out of town on a trip (in Dallas/Irving).
Parts of it (especially at the beginning) really made me cry. It's a very moving story and situation, and I could feel the intense loss and pain of many of the characters.
Overall it was a good story. Parts of it were slow, but for the most part it really moved quickly- and I didn't expect the ending. Several shocking things at the end.
I found it interesting especially with the recent stories in the media about school bullying and what students have done about it. My hope is that no child ever has to go through what the students in this book did- on either side of the situation.
Released while out of town on a trip (in Dallas/Irving).
Released this morning in the lobby, on a coffee table at the seating area near the elevators.
Happy Travels!
Happy Travels!