About this title: Set in a small town in the wake of a horrific school shooting, "Nineteen Minutes" brings together lawyer Jordan McAfee, who represents a boy who desperately needs someone on his side, and Patrick Ducharme, the intrepid detective whose best witness is the daughter of the superior court judge. Washington Square Press
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder Paperback
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780340935798ISBN:0340935790
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atria Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780739487785ISBN:0739487787
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Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780739480717ISBN:0739480715
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780340935279ISBN:0340935278
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hodder, London England
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780340935798ISBN:0340935790
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 9780340935798 Paperback Paperback. Very slight crease to corner front cover. As a midwife, Lacy Houghton brings lives into the world. She didn't expect her son to take them away. But that's what he did one March morning, when he walked into his high school with guns instead of books and killed ten people. 579 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HODDER PAPERBACKS
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780340935798ISBN:0340935790
Description: Published by Hodder Paperbacks in 2008. Paperback. Number of pages: 608. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
"THIS BOOK WAS ONE THAT REALLY MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE YOUTH OF OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS STORY HAS BEEN DONE NUMEROUS TIMES BUT ESTRANGED YOUNG ADULTS. ONCE AGAIN IT REALLY MAKES YOU THINK AND WITH EVER TWIST AND TURN MAKES YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH AND KEEP READING.
"Jodi really dives into those teen tragedy plots, doesn't she? All of her books are about topics, that honestly - they bring me down... way down. I almost always need a thoughtless, beach read next to bring myself back up!
This book is good... its a fairly quick read. Unfortunately, this is the inside story of the tragedy we read in the papers almost daily now. I suppose its interesting to gain perspective on the lunatic, killer to learn why he became that way.. and how his pychosis could have been avoided. It's also interesting to see the survivor's perspective... especially the survivor of the once-friend of the killer.
"I've read quite a lot of Picoult now. I started on a high note - My Sister's Keeper, which apart from the cop-out ending, was a really fantastic read. I mostly enjoyed her books with the exception of Salem Falls which failed to ring any bells for me at all, but this book, Nineteen Minutes was... tedious. It started off ok, but one major character turned out to be a red herring and just another woman in need of a f*** and her opposite number, who looked like she was going to be an uber-earth mother, was a mess. (Admittedly that was probably as true-to-life as one could get). The middle part of the book was just pure tedium and the twist of an ending was so unlikely that all I felt on completing it was relief. Sad really. Maybe its like film stars who know when to stop, maybe writers should know when they've hit their peak and retire too."
"Believe it or not, Nineteen Minutes is the first and only Jodi Picoult book that I have read thus far. I can't imagine why I didn't discover her long ago. I loved this one and will definitely be checking out a few of her others.
I found this book to be very thought-provoking. When we see school shootings on the news (and there've sure been plenty of them), we only get a one-dimensional glance of the event. Rarely do we learn much about the shooter's personal life prior and leading up to the event, nor do we truly realize what the surviving victims, the families, and their community experience in the aftermath of the tragedy. Ms. Picoult does an amazing job at taking us inside the harsh reality, somewhere that most of us have only observed from the safety of our living rooms.
This book touched me from so many different angles. I really empathized with Josie's feelings of emptiness on the inside, of her concern that underneath the mask she showed the world, there was nothing there; that she was little more than "Matt's girlfriend" or "one of the popular kids", a status that was so fragile it could be snatched away at any time. I also felt great sympathy for Peter, and I thought the author did a wonderful job of exposing the fear and humiliation of being the target of bullying day after day after day. High school is ROUGH. Kids are MEAN. And yet it's an evironment in which kids are forced to go back to; there is no escape. I think the author was right-on with the "Bullied Victim Syndrome", and while I would never condone the horror of what Peter did, I can certainly understand where it came from.
The book made me think twice about violent video games, as well. It's easy to write off any concerns expressed in the media, to just think, "ah, it's just a game, lighten up". But as the author described, kids are retreating away from reality and into these alternate universes where they feel appreciated and in control. In the mind of a disturbed teenager, "real life" and this "other world" might start to merge into a scary new reality, as it did for Peter. Although I am not a parent, I think it is crucial for our society to be more alert to the potential risks of this."
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