Nineteen Minutes
By Jodi Picoult
- Release Date: 2007-03-05
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
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.
Reviews
Nineteen Minutes
5By JacquieMoon1Being a high school teacher this book resonated with me how cruel children are taught to be to fit in. How many marginalized children need to be hurt in a country over run by hate. Bullying should never be tolerated or normalized. Safe places should always be provided for children that are both the bullied and the bullies. There are reasons for bullies and they are often hurting also and have no safe place to be anything but a bully. Some schools are changing, but bullying still continues. I have seen where school students are a part of day long team building activities, with mixed groups, and they have had wonderful outcomes. This has been done at the high school level. I believe it should be started at the young 4th & 5th grade levels, where their place in the school identity begins. It is important to start young teaching children it is ok to be who you are and that they are taught empathy, because things don’t always seem like they are.19 Minutes
3By QqqqeeeeiiiiExtremely drug out and boring.Outstanding and Riviting!
5By lacquiltsI could not put this book down! We’ve all seen bullying and it’s effect. I’ve always done my best to stop it, in part, by showing the bully out to be what he or she is…Really good!
5By laloomanI enjoyed this a lot! It is definitely not what you think it is!Another good one
5By Bunmom88Not my favorite JP book but would read it again.Great Read
5By JeredJ87Wow, what a novel!Heartbreaking Phenomenal Read
5By MilagroxfOne of those books you hate to finish but cannot put it down. Heartbreaking subject matter written so readable you feel something with each character. Beautiful character depth and relatability. Outstanding read. Highly recommended.Good and Bad
3By Artist drakeThis book was incredibly depressing. I’m a big fan of Ms Picault’s writing but I struggled with much of this book because of its existential nature. As a parent I found it very difficult to except the premise that these parents were often so blind to the terrible difficulties their children were in and that they basically chose to ignore the issues. Additionally, the premise put forward by the expert psychiatrist during the trial rang false in my view. Basically I felt that unlike many of her other work this book, although relevant and timely, missed the mark.Fast read
5By kw529Always a fast read lots of facts and in dept with all of her booksSurprising!
5By EmmaB1227Loved it. I totally thought I knew what was going on. The ending caught me off guard! Loved it.