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Leaving Time

By: Jodi Picoult
Narrated by: Abigail Revasch, Kathe Mazur, Mark Deakins, Rebecca Lowman
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Publisher's Summary

For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident.

Refusing to believe she was abandoned, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice’s old journals.

A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries will provide a clue to her mother’s whereabouts.

Desperate to find the truth, Jenna enlists two unlikely allies in her quest: Serenity Jones, a psychic who rose to fame finding missing persons, only to later doubt her gifts, and Virgil Stanhope, the jaded private detective who’d originally investigated Alice’s case along with the strange, possibly linked death of one of her colleagues.

As the three work together to uncover what happened to Alice, they realise that in asking hard questions, they’ll have to face even harder answers. As Jenna’s memories dovetail with the events in her mother’s journals, the story races to a mesmerising finish. A deeply moving, gripping, and intelligent page-turner, Leaving Time is Jodi Picoult at the height of her powers.

©2014 Jodi Picoult (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Critic Reviews

Picoult writes with unassuming brilliance.' (Stephen King, best-selling author.)
"It’s hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes." ( The Financial Times)
"Picoult is a master of the craft of storytelling.'" ( Associated Press)

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Elephants and Mother hood

Soooo interesting and informative on the life of elephants, there social behaviours and intelligence is amazing. Thank you for sharing all this with us.

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Loved it.

My third Jodi Picoult did not disappoint. Don't want to say anymore other than this is a must for anyone who loves a good mystery .... also the detail about elephant behaviour is nothing short of amazing. I am so glad I bought this book .... I listened to it twice and enjoyed it even more the second time even though I knew the ending!!!!

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lots of facts

lots of elephant facts. a little too many
really sometimes it distracted from the story.

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Great Story! Interesting Plot twist

great story twist. one of the narrators is very monotone and at the start hard to listen to, but a few chapters in as you get to know the character the voice really suits her.

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The magic of elephants

A very interesting story, which includes fascinating information about elephant behaviour.

The story is gripping, with an unusual twist at the end.

I found Alice's voice rather soporific and found that I was losing concentration in her segments of the story. Jenna's performance was excellent!

This audio book would appeal to someone interested in elephants and the paranormal.

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Absolutely brilliant

Love, love, love this book. Such a great story about the elephants and their journeys. The characters parts were really well read. Coming from South Africa and hearing of places we have been makes me miss the wildlife. I did however not expect the story to end the way it did, but awesome story.

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Leaving Time

What a fabulous very moving novel. Didn't want it to end! Narrator was great too. Need another one please Jodi?

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An awesome twist...

The narration was great. The story was incapsulating with an awesome twist I didn't see coming. Great work Jodie Picoult!

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Wow

I really enjoyed this story and the plot twist is fantastic! I should have seen it coming as I can usually figure it out pretty quickly but I didn’t this time so big thumbs up from me.

Jenna’s mother Alice went missing 10 years ago when Jenna was 3. Over the 10 years she has continued the search to find her Mum and eventually seeks the help of a down-and-out psychic and a jaded former detective who worked the case when it first happened. The mismatched trio makes it an interesting read as they all try to find some common ground where they can get along to do the job they’ve been tasked with.

Throughout the story we also get to know Alice through the journals she kept while studying elephants, her first passion. Whilst other reviews have mentioned they found the elephant facts tedious, I thoroughly enjoyed them. What amazing creatures they are! I thought it was very well done and didn’t mind it one bit.

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Leaving Time

Great book, loved it from start to finish. I loved the hearing about the elephants and their habits.

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