105 pages 3 hours read

Jodi Picoult

Nineteen Minutes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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Part One, Chapters 7-8

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Part One

Chapter 7 Summary: “Ten Days After”

Josie watches videos of her friends. In one video that was taken during a birthday party for her, she watches Matt and remembers how much she always melted when he was around. She tries to remember him, yet she rips off the necklace he gave her and shoves it under a couch cushion.

The town continues reeling from the effects of the school shooting. Lacy goes to get milk from a gas station and ruminates on whether she could have done anything different. She feels that she has nothing left inside of her because she gave all that she could to Peter. The cashier begins talking about the memorial and how horrible the incident is, and Lacy feels as if the man might know who she is and hurries off without the milk she’s paid for, racked by guilt. Ervin Peabody holds a grief session that most of the town attends. People try and talk through their grief. Courtney’s father, Mark Ignatio, riles everyone up by telling them that they should be glad they at least have their children and are not directly affected by the shooting like he is. He then turns to Jordan and asks him how he can help a monster like Peter.

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