Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Small Great Things, pens her most riveting book yet with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy.
Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by a school shooting. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? 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 asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.
Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by a school shooting. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? 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 asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.
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What a very poignant view of something that is way too real in our country. Jodi always seems to hit exactly what every character is feeling in their mind and it's just amazing that an author can do that.
Not an easy book to read, but as usual Jody takes the reader through everyone's point of view and makes the journey so enjoyable.
This is a very frank loom at school violence. Unfortunately, the ending, which i won't spoil, is utterly fantastical. And, as such, lost me as a reader. So fantastical, in fact, that it took the entire journey of the novel itself and sunk it. For me, the ending, was the end and a cheap grab to try to end the novel.
I have read this book many times and I still love it. This was the book that introduced me to Jodi writing and I have enjoyed many of her books. The twist and turns and the emotions are tremendous and I was able to feel them all.
Excellent well told story about something that affects too many students today, Bullying!!! It is told from many people's perspective. I totally recommend the book.
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