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Leaving Time: A Novel
Author:
Picoult, Jodi
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Class:
Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
Demand: Moderate
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LC: PS3566.I
Print Run: 500000
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ISBN-13: 9780345544926
LCCN: 2014023994
Imprint: Ballantine Books
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Pub Date: 10/14/2014
Availability: Available
List: $28.00
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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405 pages ; 25 cm
H 9.6",
W 6.5",
D 1.2",
1.47 lbs.
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's Blockbuster List
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
Brodart's TOP Adult Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Booklist High-Demand Hot List
Fiction Core Collection, 18th ed.
Fiction Core Collection, 19th ed.
Fiction Core Collection, 20th ed.
Library Journal Bestsellers
Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers List
New York Times Bestsellers: Adult Fiction
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
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TIPS Subjects:
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Psychological Fiction
Occult Fiction
Young Adult
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BISAC Subjects: |
FICTION / Women
FICTION / Literary
FICTION / Sagas
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LC Subjects:
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FICTION / Contemporary Women
Missing persons, Fiction
Mothers and daughters, Fiction
Mystery fiction
Suspense fiction
Teenage girls, Fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Adventure fiction
Girls, Fiction
Missing persons, Fiction
Mother-daughter relationship, Fiction
Mystery fiction
Teenagers, Fiction
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Accelerated Reader Level:
6.1
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Points: 21.0
Lexile Level:
870
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| Brodart's TOP Adult Titles | 06/01/2014 |
| Thirteen-year-old Jenna's search for her missing mother, a scientist known for her work studying grief in elephants before she vanished 10 years ago, teams Jenna with psychic Serenity Jones and detective Virgil Stanhope as the three seek answers about Jenna's missing mother and its potential connection to the death of one of the woman's co-workers. 416pp., 500K, Auth res: Hanover, NH, Tour |
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| Journal Reviews |
| BookPage | 10/01/2014 |
| As a longtime Picoult fan, I was anxious to devour her latest novel, Leaving Time. And she doesn't disappoint: Once again, Picoult has masterfully woven what appear to be incongruous events and people together into one captivating and emotional story. This time around, the author's extensive research on elephants and their surprisingly human emotions are a highlight. But wait, there's more: She has also included a down-on-her-luck psychic, a spunky teen and a haunting murder. Thirteen-year-old Jenna Metcalf is consumed with memories of her mother, Alice, a scientist who studied grief and other emotions among elephants. Alice vanished after a tragic accident at the New Hampshire elephant sanctuary that she, her husband and Jenna once called home. Using Alice's research journals as well as a psychic and the detective who originally investigated the disappearance of her mother, Jenna tries to piece together why her family was ripped apart. Picoult explores the mother-daughter bond from a unique vantage point. Using both elephants and human beings, she asks, are we that much different from our pachyderm friends when it comes to processing emotion? Leaving Time is an emotional study of what mothers will do for their young--and in true Picoult form, the author delivers an ending that even her biggest fans won't be able to predict. Elisabeth Atwood. 416p. BOOKPAGE, c2014. |
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| Booklist | 07/01/2014 |
| On the night one of the caretakers at a New Hampshire elephant sanctuary was killed, Jenna's mother, Alice, was found unconscious nearby. Hours later, Alice checked herself out of the hospital and disappeared, leaving her 3-year-old daughter behind. Now, 10 years later, the precocious 13-year-old wants answers to the mysteries of her mother's whereabouts. Is she dead? Was she also the victim of an unknown assailant? Or was she an abused wife and heartless mother who did not care about her child's welfare? With her father, Thomas, incarcerated in a mental hospital since the tragedy that destroyed his family, Jenna has few people to turn to for help. Aided only by Virgil, the disgraced detective who bungled the initial investigation, and Serenity, a once-famous but now infamous TV psychic, Jenna seeks answers to the questions that have always plagued her. Best-selling, reliably entertaining, and thought-provoking Picoult's newest multifaceted novel is redolent with elephant lore that explores the animals' behavior when faced with death and grief, and combines a poignant tale of human loss with a perplexing crime story that delivers a powerhouse ending.HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Popular Picoult's latest hot-topic novel will be heavily promoted on all fronts as she appears in 20 cities and conducts a TV satellite tour. Haggas, Carol. 416p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 08/15/2014 |
| A decade after the disappearance of an elephant researcher, her 13-year-old daughter, a washed-up private detective and a has-been psychic team up to find answers.As in Lone Wolf, (2012) Picoult uses fiction to illustrate the plight of animals who are being decimated by humans, in this case elephants who are endangered by everything from poachers to circuses. Teenage Jenna, daughter of missing-scientist Alice, launches a search for her mother, who vanished from the hospital after being found unconscious on the grounds of a New Hampshire elephant refuge where a co-worker was fatally trampled. Jenna's father, Thomas, has been in a psychiatric hospital since the incident, and she lives with her grandmother, who refuses to discuss Alice's fate. Jenna shares narrative duties with three others: Virgil, a police detective-turned-drunken private eye whose law enforcement career crashed and burned as a result of the botched investigation into the trampling death; Serenity, a clairvoyant, who was a national celebrity until her spirit guides deserted her in the middle of the search for a senator's kidnapped child; and Alice herself, who details past events leading up to the pivotal crisis. As a young graduate student doing fieldwork at an African game preserve, Alice studied the grieving rituals of elephants, which include revering the bones of departed ancestors and burying deceased loved ones with leaves and grass. In Africa, Alice recognizes a kindred spirit in a visitor, Thomas, who runs a New Hampshire sanctuary for abused elephants rescued from circuses and zoos. She joins him there, marries him, gives birth to Jenna and begins to question her husband's sanity. Thus the seeds are sewn for a thriller that involves noble pachyderms, adultery and a breathless chase across several states. The pages turn apace, though Virgil labors under too many noir cliches, and wisecracking Serenity seems to be on loan from a Susan Isaacs novel. The ending borrows unforgivably from a source it would be equally unforgivable to reveal. 416pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014. |
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| Library Journal | 08/01/2014 |
| With seven consecutive no. 1 best sellers, Picoult's (The Storyteller; My Sister's Keeper) latest novel is full of the deep characters and multilayered story lines that have earned her a spot in many readers' hearts. Jenna, a 13-year-old misfit, has lived with her grandmother ever since her mother, Alice, a scientist devoted to studying elephant grieving patterns, disappeared ten years ago. Jenna cannot recall the details of that fateful night or the circumstances that resulted in one woman trampled to death on the elephant sanctuary where her family lived, and her mother missing. Jenna's father can't help her either; he has been in a psychiatric ward ever since and only rarely recognizes his daughter. Determined to find her mother, Jenna enlists the help of Serenity, a psychic who has begun to doubt her abilities, and Virgil, a private investigator who was originally in charge of Alice's case. VERDICT A truly engaging read that crosses through the genres of mystery and the supernatural. The interspersing of elephant behavior information and Alice's journal entries about her subjects provide just the right amount of parallelism. Perfect for Picoult fans and book clubs. [See "Books for the Masses," Editors' BEA Picks, LJ 7/14, p. 27.]. Chelsie Harris, San Diego Cty. Lib. 407p. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| Library Journal Prepub Alert | 04/21/2014 |
| Picoult writes another of those affecting family studies that has brought her eight No. 1 New York Times best-selling novels. At the heart of her most recent work is 13-year-old Jenna, whose mother, Alice Metcalf, has vanished, apparently abandoning both the family she loved and the elephants she had studied so devotedly. Doubly abandoned because her grieving father has no time for her, Jenna seeks to discover what happened to her mother by joining forces with shady psychic Serenity Jones and Virgil Stanhope, the world-weary detective who had first investigated Alice's disappearance. Look for two e-originals, Where There's Smoke (May 19) and Larger Than Life (August 5), introducing Serenity and Alice, respectively. 416p. LJ Prepub Alert Online Review. LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| Publishers Weekly | 06/16/2014 |
| Picoult's (The Storyteller) novel explores grief, memory, and motherhood through the unlikely lens of elephant behavior. Jenna Metcalf was three years old when her mother, Alice, disappeared from the elephant sanctuary where she worked as a researcher. Ten years later, Jenna is ready to launch a search. After poring over her mother's research journals, consulting the Internet, and visiting her father in the mental institution where he's been since shortly after the disappearance, she enlists outside assistance from Serenity Jones, a once-famous psychic whose gift appears to have deserted her, and Virgil Stanhope, the gruff, alcoholic ex-police detective who was once assigned to Alice's case. With their help, Jenna finds new evidence at the now-closed sanctuary and begins to piece together the events of the night her mother disappeared, leading her to a few uncomfortable truths about the past, but bringing much-needed closure to her and her dad. Longtime fans of Picoult will recognize some of her stock characters--the precocious, sassy teenager; the distant, philosophical mother; the curmudgeonly surrogate father figure--as well the her trademark twist ending, which may well be her strangest to date. When she diverges from her usual formula her storytelling skills are most evident. The pachyderms are as complex as the humans, making the journey memorable and poignant. (Oct.). 416p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2014. |
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