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Jersey Hatch spends most of his life in the hospital in a rehabilitation center,Jersey recovers from brain damage caused by a gunshot to his head .Through a weird series of flashbacks,memories,dreams and scenes from the present,which gives him what will appear to many readers as crazy or insane ,he travels  deep inside himself uncover the lost pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and to figure out why he might have shot himself.With the help from from Mama rush and her granddaughter Leza,who are the only two people to actually help Jersey out, they team up to help jersey to figure out what he did to himself.

characters Jersey, The main character of the story.When he was at the hospital,he was confused and somehow thought he was dead.As the story goes on he pieces his life back together. Mama rush, jersey,s mother,she is caring,independent and sometimes hard headed .She tries to be there for jersey whenever he can. Todd ,Jerseys friend,is `caring character that helps jersey in different parts of the story. He also gets jersey out of trouble and tells him when he’s wrong. Jersey,s father ,A man that tries to do the best he can for jersey .He makes his appearance when Jersey and his father are at a table and discuss about why jersey did the things he did They came to an conclusion that if the gun was never around this would have never happened. Leza, A sensitive smart girl that makes her appearance at school and in the end of the book .she becomes a good friend of Jersey and she is short tempered sometimes. She is very reasonable person and sometimes likes to hang with Jersey,depending on her mood.

“Major themes” “The novel addresses issues of brain damage,love despite loss,and cause and effect of actions”. Brain damage

Susie Nightingale claims that “the author has an incredible grasp of what brain damage does to human beings”. Love despite loss

Claire gross: said the” novel was affirming of a life and love even in the face of overwhelming loss”.

Holling koelling: claimed that the” book was based on redemption and renewal”. cause and effect of actions

“susie nightingale says that the novel makes the reader stop and think about how interrelated we all are in this world and how one person's actions can have breaking consequences on others and talks about how Trigger examines not only how Jerseys actions affect himself but how it affects his family and friends”. style Narration

Claire gross says “that Jerseys narrative voice itself a masterful reflection of his internal chaos that conveys both emotional and neurological stumbling blocks by embedding them in the languages itself.”

susie nightingale says the reader “feels as if he or she is inside Jerseys head,powerful, psychological insight is the novel's major strength.” Holly koelling claimed “that the interior landscape revealed through Jerseys unreliable but sympathetic narrations is dense repetitions and fragmented,granting readers entree into a damaged mind".

Reception

Claire gross says that “Susan Vaught never flinches away from the raw pain of her subjects,she also finds the moments of humor to make it bearable”. Susan nightingale claimed that “the characters come alive and she found its outhersity compelling”. Holly koelling concludes “that despite its somber character ,the story, both engrossed and excruciating never depends into heavy handed messages and has nicely placed touches of humor”.

1.Claire gross 2.Susie nightingale 3.Holly koelling

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