Leaving Time: A Novel Book Feature
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 14, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345544927
ISBN-13: 978-0345544926
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
odi Picoult’s Leaving Time weaves elephant behavior into a search for a missing mother. The connection isn’t as odd as it might sound at first, and Picoult has written another page-turning novel, even as it focuses on motherhood, loss, and grief. Teenager Jenna Metcalf was just three years old when her mother disappeared from an elephant sanctuary. Ten years later, she takes up the search for her mother, Alice, by studying Alice’s decade-old journals on grieving elephants. The research itself is fascinating, the hints about Alice’s disappearance are compelling; but Jenna cannot find her mother on her own. By enlisting the help of a formerly famous now infamous psychic, as well as a down-and-out private detective whose career went south during the botched investigation of Alice’s disappearance, Jenna forms a sort of new family to help her in her quest. As the facts begin to come together described in alternating chapters by Jenna, the psychic, the private detective, and Alice’s journals it all heads toward a thrilling conclusion. And, yes, there is a big twist at the end. Read online Leaving Time: A Novel book now.
Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 14, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345544927
ISBN-13: 978-0345544926
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
odi Picoult’s Leaving Time weaves elephant behavior into a search for a missing mother. The connection isn’t as odd as it might sound at first, and Picoult has written another page-turning novel, even as it focuses on motherhood, loss, and grief. Teenager Jenna Metcalf was just three years old when her mother disappeared from an elephant sanctuary. Ten years later, she takes up the search for her mother, Alice, by studying Alice’s decade-old journals on grieving elephants. The research itself is fascinating, the hints about Alice’s disappearance are compelling; but Jenna cannot find her mother on her own. By enlisting the help of a formerly famous now infamous psychic, as well as a down-and-out private detective whose career went south during the botched investigation of Alice’s disappearance, Jenna forms a sort of new family to help her in her quest. As the facts begin to come together described in alternating chapters by Jenna, the psychic, the private detective, and Alice’s journals it all heads toward a thrilling conclusion. And, yes, there is a big twist at the end. Read online Leaving Time: A Novel book now.
Leaving Time: A Novel Book Review
This is a very unique, unusual and entertaining mystery thriller.
Really unlike anything I’ve read before. At the base of it is a teenage
girl(Jenna) searching for her missing mother. Jenna must puzzle out why
her mother, Alice, disappeared from the New England Elephant Sanctuary.
What separates this mystery from others is that Picoult weaves the
emotional lives of elephants with that of Jenna and Alice and other
human characters. It’s really haunting how she depicts grief and loss
and can get to you emotionally at times. The character study of elephant
behavior was done deftly was very interesting, especially how
intertwined with the mystery.
Add to that a great cast of characters and an excellent conclusion.
Jenna is one of the best characters I’ve read in years. She’s funny,
sassy, and independent, but yet vulnerable. After reading Leaving Time
if you haven’t been changed or emotionally touched then you may not be
human. I’m a big macho weightlifter guy and it had me in tears at times.
When a novel can affect me that much it indeed deserves high accolades.
One of the best books I’ve read in ages! Admittedly, this book won’t be
for every one because it’s an emotional roll-a-coaster of love and loss
and it is different(much) from what most people have read. If you’ve
read Picoult before or are fan I suspect you’ll love Leaving Time. If
you’re new to her or you think this might not be for you, then I
recommend you take the leap. You may find a gem! Get online Leaving Time: A Novel today.
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