Saturday, November 29, 2014

Leaving Time

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult, 405 pages


This story is told from several different points of view, but mostly from Jenna, a thirteen year old girl, who has been living with her grandmother for the past decade.  When Jenna was three, a terrible accident happened on the elephant sanctuary where her parents worked and they all lived.  One of their colleagues was killed, Jenna’s mom, Alice, went missing, and Jenna’s father ended up in psychiatric facility.  Jenna enlists the help of the detective from the original case and a psychic to find her mom.  She has never wanted to believe that her mom willingly abandoned her but also doesn’t want to believe that her mom is dead.  We hear Alice’s story prior to that night from Alice’s point of view and we also get some of the story from the detective and the psychic.  Although there is not a lot of action, this is a compelling story with an ending that completely surprised me.  I would highly recommend this to people who like mysteries or family stories with a little paranormal thrown in.

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