Daytime Discussion: "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoult

In August, we’ll be reading “Nineteen Minutes” by Jodi Picoult. We’ll meet on Monday, August 25 at 10:30am in the Fiction Room of the Library. After July 28, you can pick up a copy of the book selection from the Circulation Desk or call the Library at 860-582-3121 to make arrangements for curbside pickup. Large type and CD Audiobook are available for this title.

You may register for this program by e-mailing Z2RlbGNlZ25vIHwgYmlibGlvICEgb3Jn. New members are always welcome!

Synopsis:

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.

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• This month, 20th August, 01:30 pm, Narrative Nonfiction Book Club in Terryville
• This month, 28th August, 06:00 pm, Coffee Bean Magnet in Terryville

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