5/10/2023 0 Comments The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult![]() Laura reached to his hand, but then let go, thus revealing that Trixie is innocent, but Laura is not. Laura pushed Jason off the bridge but he held onto her. Jason, who was intoxicated, lunged at Laura because her daughter Trixie was ruining his life. Daniel and Laura eventually find Trixie in Alaska.Īt the end of the novel, Laura confesses to Daniel that she was present when Jason died. Trixie then flees to the Yup'ik region of Alaska where her father grew up. Although Jason's death was first presumed to be suicide, Trixie is quickly turned to as a suspect, accused of pushing Jason off the bridge. Trixie's parents, Daniel, a mild-mannered comic book artist from a rough upbringing, and Laura, a college professor having an affair with one of her students, become involved, and Jason, whose life is supposedly ruined by Trixie's accusation, leaps from a bridge, dying by suicide. ![]() When freshman Trixie Stone accuses her ex-boyfriend, Jason Underhill, of raping her at a party, students and townspeople, alike, are quick to take Jason's side when he claims that their intercourse was consensual. The novel heavily references Dante Alighieri's Inferno. ![]() The novel deals with date rape, and father/daughter relationships. The Tenth Circle (2006) is the thirteenth novel by the American author, Jodi Picoult. ![]()
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