- The Tenth Circle
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name = The Tenth Circle
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author =Jodi Picoult
illustrator =Dustin Weaver
cover_artist = Zoё Sadokierski
country =United States
language = English
genre =Family saga
publisher =Allen & Unwin
release_date =17 March 2006
media_type = Print (Hardcover &Paperback )
pages = 387 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-74114-693-3"The Tenth Circle" (
2006 ) is a novel byJodi Picoult about date rape and father/daughter relationships.Plot summary
When freshman Trixie Stone accuses her ex-boyfriend Jason Underhill of
raping her, everyone is quick to take his side when he claims their intercourse was consensual. Although her life falls apart initially, when Jason is taken to court. Trixie's parents, Daniel, a comic book artist from a harsh background, and Laura, a university professor sleeping with one of her students, become involved and Jason, who claims his life is ruined, supposedly-suicidally leaps from a bridge and is found dead. Although first presumed to be suicide, Trixie is suspected of pushing him, and so she flees to theYup'ik region of Alaska where her father grew up, and Daniel and Laura follow.At the end of the book, Laura confesses to Daniel that she was there when Jason died. Jason (who was drunk) came lunging at her because he thought she was Trixie. He lost his balance and fell off the bridge, thus revealing that Trixie is innocent. The book concludes with Daniel's comic plot showing a father reunited with his daughter after saving her from hell, which sort of parallels Daniel's own life.
The main plot and subplots are juxtaposed throughout the book with Daniel's latest comic, "The Tenth Circle", which is about the tenth circle of hell, and which he bases on his own life. The title "The Tenth Circle" is a reference to the first canticle, The Inferno, of "The Divine Comedy" by
Dante Alighieri .The book has been made into a
Lifetime Network movie of the week which premiered June 28, 2008 at 9pm Eastern, and starringKelly Preston ,Ron Eldard andBrittany Robertson as Trixie, fromSony Pictures Television .ee also
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Date rape
*Family saga
*Yup'ik External links
* [http://www.jodipicoult.com/the-tenth-circle.html "The Tenth Circle" entry on official Jodi Picoult website]
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