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Nineteen Minutes (Hardback)
$20.15 - Save $6.80 25% off - RRP $26.95 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Nineteen MinutesThe bestselling author of "My Sister's Keeper" and "Vanishing Acts" returns with her most absorbing novel yet, the poignant story of the aftermath of a tragic high school shooting. This is a riveting, thought-provoking tale with a jaw-dropping ending.
Full description- Publisher: Atria Books
- Published: 05 March 2007
- Format: Hardback 464 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Political & Legal
- ISBN 13: 9780743496728 ISBN 10: 0743496728
- Sales rank: 671,789
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Full description for Nineteen Minutes
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 outsider 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?
