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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Washington Square Press | | Page Count: | 480 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 05, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 745th |
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ACCESSORIES |
| My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
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New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since...
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| Change of Heart: A Novel
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The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for...
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| Plain Truth
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From the bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper comes the riveting story of a murder that shatters the picturesque calm of Amish country -- and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer defending the woman at the center of the storm.The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the...
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and The Tenth Circle, 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 an act of violence. 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. |
Amazon.com Review
Best known for tackling controversial issues through richly told fictional accounts, Jodi Picoult's 14th novel, Nineteen Minutes, deals with the truth and consequences of a smalltown high-school shooting. Set in Sterling, New Hampshire, Picoult offers reads a glimpse of what would cause a 17-year-old to wake up one day, load his backpack with four guns, and kill nine students and one teacher in the span of nineteen minutes. As with any Picoult novel, the answers are never black and white, and it is her exceptional ability to blur the lines between right and wrong that make this author such a captivating storyteller. On Peter Houghton's first day of kindergarten, he watched helplessly as an older boy ripped his lunch box out of his hands and threw it out the window. From that day on, his life was a series of humiliations, from having his pants pulled down in the cafeteria, to being called a freak at every turn. But can endless bullying justify murder? As Picoult attempts to answer this question, she shows us all sides of the equation, from the ruthless jock who loses his ability to speak after being shot in the head, to the mother who both blames and pities herself for producing what most would call a monster. Surrounding Peter's story is that of Josie Cormier, a former friend whose acceptance into the popular crowd hangs on a string that makes it impossible for her to reconcile her beliefs with her actions. At times, Nineteen Minutes can seem tediously stereotypical-- jocks versus nerds, parent versus child, teacher versus student. Part of Picoult's gift is showing us the subtleties of these common dynamics, and the startling effects they often have on the moral landscape. As Peter's mother says at the end of this spellbinding novel, "Everyone would remember Peter for nineteen minutes of his life, but what about the other nine million?" --Gisele Toueg |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 531 reviews)
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In 19 minutes you can tell a Novel is over rated. by Benavin Stanciano (USA)  2 Stars
November 04, 2009
My wife often blames me for generalizing people to much. I use to think, no harm in it? Besides its not generalizing its true. Now I understand why it upsets my wife. I have this book to thank.
Every popular kid apparently is an evil monster with no friends and builds popularity on the hurt feelings of "different" kids. Every bullied kid wants to do what Peter did, they just don't have the guts (apparently) and every female on the face of the planet (at least in New Hampshire) is a pathetic whiny Jack oh ninny who would go through severe torture just to keep a boyfriend/husband.
The parts where the mother would wonder where she went wrong and was told how it was not her fault followed by flash backs of HUGE RED FLAGS that would make anyone believe its all the mothers fault were most hilarious. I was one of the lucky readers, I stopped taking the book seriously early on. "YOU CAN'T RUSH IN THERE PATRICK, ITS AGAINST PROTOCOL" "THERE IS NO PROTOCOL FOR THIS, YOU CAN FIRE ME LATER!" HA HA HA, classic..ACTUAL LINES FROM THE BOOK!! HA
If you like Lifetime movies that pretend to tackle serious issues, you'll enjoy this to say the least.
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A MUST read by all classroom teachers!!!! by LSC (Somewhere In America, do the research.)  5 Stars
November 03, 2009
Earlier this year our high school book club chose to read "19 Minutes". Several high school teachers participated as well as some middle school teachers. The book was amazing. Many students that chose to read the book were reluctant readers but had heard so much about the book from other students that they decided to read it too. During the two meetings held to discuss this book, many valuable conversations took place. Some students said "How can people be so crule",or "I've felt bullied like this before." Some students went as far to say that they new someone at school that might fit the shooters profile.
Simply a riveting book that should be a MUST read for all teachers. It really opened my eyes!!
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Moving book by M. Douglas (CA) 5 Stars
October 26, 2009
Very insightful book into the minds and emotions of teenagers and their parents. Couldn't put it down although the topic of a school shooting was difficult.
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nineteen minutes....great book by Angela Cashatt (Rowlett, TX) 5 Stars
October 09, 2009
Loved this book. Very nice transitioning from character to character. Nice twists and turns to keep you into the story.
Definitely recommend reading. Completely different and interesting ending.
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Another Gem from Picoult!! by Ann Eckhart (Iowa, USA) 5 Stars
October 04, 2009
Another winner from Picoult! An interesting look into the social workings for an American high school.
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| The Tenth Circle: A Novel
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| Mercy
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Police chief of a small Massachusetts town, Cameron McDonald makes the toughest arrest of his life when his own cousin Jamie comes to him and confesses outright that he has killed his terminally ill wife out of mercy. Now, a heated murder trial plunges the town into upheaval, and drives a wedge into a contented marriage: Cameron, aiding the prosecution in their case against Jamie, is suddenly at odds with his devoted wife, Allie -- seduced by the idea of a man so in love with his...
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