JodiPicoult,bestsellingauthorofMySister’sKeeperandSmallGreatThingspenshermostrivetingbookyet,withastartlingandpoignantstoryaboutthedevastatingaftermathofasmall-towntragedy.SterlingisanordinaryNewHampshiretownwherenothingeverhappens--untilthedayitscomplacencyisshatteredbyaschoolshooting.JosieCormier,thedaughterofthejudgesittingonthecase,shouldbethestate’sbestwitness,butshecan’trememberwhathappenedbeforeherveryowneyes--orcanshe?Asthetrialprogresses,faultlinesbetweenthehighschoolandtheadultcommunitybegintoshow--destroyingtheclosestoffriendshipsandfamilies.NineteenMinutesaskswhatitmeanstobedifferentinoursociety,whohastherighttojudgesomeoneelse,andwhetheranyoneiseverreallywhotheyseemtobe.
