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Work InformationNineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult (2007)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Suspense Best friends Alex Cormier, a judge and Lacy Houghton, a midwife, meet when their children Josie Cormier and Peter Houghton are young. Both children deal in different ways to try to fit in with the popular crowd that dominates school social life, while both mothers are more or less oblivious to their children’s emotional struggles. Picoult’s craft is top-notch. She spins a compelling story, including meticulous legal procedures, clearly draws her characters, brings them to life using individualized details. While it’s a captivating read, don’t expect to find any new and original insights into the social lives of children or parenting. I remember sitting down to read this book on my break, and the next thing I know, I'm 15 minutes past my time. This book grabs you from the beginning because of the sheer violence from the first page. You have to know what happens. A little further in, it slows down, but you are already invested, and have to see through to the conclusion. Oh, and the conclusion? That's a doozy. Just like the other ones that I've read, she saves that really hard twist for the very last chapter, where are left gasping. “A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations.” ― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Most people know that 19 minutes Is about both a school shooting as well as the aftermath of how the small town Copes after the shooting. I found this to be an extraordinarily well written book and I salute the writer for being bold enough to go into the mind of the shooter which really shocked me at the time I read it as I don’t recall ever reading anything like that by any of the writer ever. I cannot say I loved this book although I sure did love aspects of it. I felt the twists really took away from some of the book's power. This book did not need any of twists I felt. SPOILERS: The ending however sort of lost me as it got a little too twisty and the way things were wrapped up is just weird. I can’t say this was a happy read but I feel a better person for reading it and and I look forward to checking out more of Jodi Picoult's books. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesPiper (5398) Is contained inMy Sister's Keeper; Plain Truth; Nineteen Minutes; Salem Fall's; Perfect Match; The Pact; Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult AwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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HTML: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 happensâ??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 eyesâ??or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to showâ??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 se No library descriptions found. |
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