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Nineteen minutes : a novel / by Jodi Picoult.

by Picoult, Jodi, 1966-

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Atria Books, c2007.

School shootings -- Fiction.

High school students -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

Women judges -- Fiction.

New Hampshire -- Fiction.

9780743496735 (2008 Washington Square trade pbk.)

9781416585107 (2008 Washington Square pbk.)

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1st Atria Books hardcover ed.

455 p. ; 24 cm.

"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?"--Inside jacket.

Psychological fiction.

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