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Leaving Time: A Novel by Jodi Picoult | Summary & Analysis
Leaving A Novel by Jodi Picoult | Summary & Analysis
This is a Summary & Analysis. Jodi Picoult’s New York bestseller novel follows Jenna Metcalf as she seeks out her long-missing mother, the elephant researcher and activist Alice. Along the way, she is aided by former police detective Virgil Stanhope and lapsed psychic Serenity Jones; she and they go between New Hampshire and Tennessee to find Alice. Along the way, Virgil finds the closure he has long sought, Serenity returns to her full power as a medium and Alice and Jenna learn the truth about their relationship. The text explores a number of issues, including animal consciousness and paranormal phenomena, as well as presenting an utterly human search for family, belonging and a place in the world.
The action of the plot occurs primarily in Boone, New Hampshire, a fictional town with enough open country around it to offer an elephant sanctuary and enough urbanity to have a slum. Other notable locations in the text include Hohenwald, Tennessee, which also boasts an elephant sanctuary, and the plains of South Africa, where elephants roam freely. The settings emphasize openness and a lack of boundary. It is a compelling read and would also serve well to underpin sustained and detailed academic study as so few popular works can.
You also get the following in this Summary &
• Book Review
• Story Setting Analysis
• Story elements you may have missed as we decipher the novel
• Details of Characters & Key Character Analysis
• Summary of the text, with some analytical comments interspersed
• Discussion & Analysis of Themes, Symbols…
• And Much More!
This Analysis fills the gap, making you understand more while enhancing your reading experience.
This is a Summary & Analysis. Jodi Picoult’s New York bestseller novel follows Jenna Metcalf as she seeks out her long-missing mother, the elephant researcher and activist Alice. Along the way, she is aided by former police detective Virgil Stanhope and lapsed psychic Serenity Jones; she and they go between New Hampshire and Tennessee to find Alice. Along the way, Virgil finds the closure he has long sought, Serenity returns to her full power as a medium and Alice and Jenna learn the truth about their relationship. The text explores a number of issues, including animal consciousness and paranormal phenomena, as well as presenting an utterly human search for family, belonging and a place in the world.
The action of the plot occurs primarily in Boone, New Hampshire, a fictional town with enough open country around it to offer an elephant sanctuary and enough urbanity to have a slum. Other notable locations in the text include Hohenwald, Tennessee, which also boasts an elephant sanctuary, and the plains of South Africa, where elephants roam freely. The settings emphasize openness and a lack of boundary. It is a compelling read and would also serve well to underpin sustained and detailed academic study as so few popular works can.
You also get the following in this Summary &
• Book Review
• Story Setting Analysis
• Story elements you may have missed as we decipher the novel
• Details of Characters & Key Character Analysis
• Summary of the text, with some analytical comments interspersed
• Discussion & Analysis of Themes, Symbols…
• And Much More!
This Analysis fills the gap, making you understand more while enhancing your reading experience.
64 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 16, 2014
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April 7, 2015
Had a hard time reading this book. It wasn't a subject I liked but when I finished I thought "How Interesting". Leave it to Jodi Picoult to add a twist.
April 12, 2015
very interesting book. enjoyed it.
August 10, 2015
I loved it until the ending. I hated the ending. I won't do a spoiler but I was very disappointed by the ending. I did learn a lot about Elephants and have a new respect for them.
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November 13, 2016Did finish reading.....ok book. The ending did have a twist which I liked...but it was sad.
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