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REVIEWS: Nineteen
Minutes
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The NY Times
Goodreads
Kirkus Reviews
Book Companion
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. 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?
Characters: 103. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Fiction.
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