Leaving Time: the impossible-to-forget story with a twist you won't see coming by the number one bestselling author of A Spark of Light

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I recommend Leaving Time to fans of Jodi Picoult who want to try something a little different; instead of a court case, Picoult includes elephants and the supernatural world. At the Elephant Sanctuary in TN, elephants reacted so badly to helicopters and planes that they had to institute a no fly zone overhead. Have you ever experienced something and discovered later that someone else remembers it completely differently? If I knew back then what I know now, I could have told the mayor that just because you stick an elephant in proximity with others does not mean they will form friendships. It seems a small, very angry and vocal Gooodreads mob of reviewers absolutely HATE this book and let their opinions be heard in no uncertain terms.

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Because of all that remains unspoken, she hurts, like any child would, and desperately wants to get all the answers behind her mother’s abandonment. An elephant sanctuary sets the stage for this book, and I immediately fell in love with the stories surrounding the elephants and their histories- some happy, some tragic.All is not as it seems with any of these characters but the clues were right in front of me all along before the big revelation near the story's end. Jenna had asked her grandmother for answers, but she wasn't giving anything away and as for Jenna's father he was catatonic in a psychiatric hospital, so Jenna knew she wouldn't get any answers from him. The caregivers eventually opened the gate between them and immediately Shirley and Jenny began to move in tandem – staying inseparable.

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For the character of Alice, who studies elephant cognition, I went first to a professor at Vassar – Abigail Baird – who taught me all about the brain and how memory works.Maybe that is why, one Saturday morning, she woke me before the sun came up and told me we were going on an adventure.

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I know there is supposed to be some sort of amazing twist ending to this story, but honestly: these characters were so unlikable and so completely unbelievable that I truly couldn't care less what twisty ending I'm missing here. Virgil, Serenity, and Jenna take the tooth for DNA testing and get the results back stating that the tooth comes from a child under the age of five.By no means maudlin, Jodi’s poignant narration and distinct voice will mesmerise readers as she tells a story that will touch your heart, have you reflecting on the memories we keep and the pain that we bury all the while leading you to a cracker of an ending that will undoubtedly have you questioning everything you've ever believed in.