"Are you afraid?"
"Of what?"
"Forgetting?"
Laura understood what he was trying to say. Although talking about what had happened to Trixie was the hardest thing in the world, they had to do it. If they didn't, they ran the risk of losing-by comparison-the memory of who Trixie used to be.
It was a catch-22: If you didn't put the trauma behind you, you couldn't move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened."
This is one of my favorite paragraphs out of this book, The Tenth Circle. Jodi Picoult does an excellent job explaining the hurt and frustration that goes along with any tragedy. Trixie is a wonderful student, good daughter, and an all around fun person to be around. That is, until after her world is turned upside down by one single act of violence. Written from the perspective of mostly Daniel and a narrator, this family explores the world after what looks like "the end". Trying to deal with any horrid event takes time, but what Daniel and Laura don't know is that it's going to take longer than they thought to heal the wounds their daughter has been hiding for so long. I highly suggest this book or any of Jodi Picoult's books. She is a very lucid writer and will take your breath away with any of her books. Her topics seem to be a little more mature for the average high school reader, but it takes maturity to really be able to pull away the true meaning of this or any of her books.
"With The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult offers her most powerful chronicle yet as she explores the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and the questions whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime-or if your mistakes are carried forever."
"Of what?"
"Forgetting?"
Laura understood what he was trying to say. Although talking about what had happened to Trixie was the hardest thing in the world, they had to do it. If they didn't, they ran the risk of losing-by comparison-the memory of who Trixie used to be.
It was a catch-22: If you didn't put the trauma behind you, you couldn't move on. But if you did put the trauma behind you, you willingly gave up your claim to the person you were before it happened."
This is one of my favorite paragraphs out of this book, The Tenth Circle. Jodi Picoult does an excellent job explaining the hurt and frustration that goes along with any tragedy. Trixie is a wonderful student, good daughter, and an all around fun person to be around. That is, until after her world is turned upside down by one single act of violence. Written from the perspective of mostly Daniel and a narrator, this family explores the world after what looks like "the end". Trying to deal with any horrid event takes time, but what Daniel and Laura don't know is that it's going to take longer than they thought to heal the wounds their daughter has been hiding for so long. I highly suggest this book or any of Jodi Picoult's books. She is a very lucid writer and will take your breath away with any of her books. Her topics seem to be a little more mature for the average high school reader, but it takes maturity to really be able to pull away the true meaning of this or any of her books.
"With The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult offers her most powerful chronicle yet as she explores the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and the questions whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime-or if your mistakes are carried forever."
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