REVIEW: Leaving Time

A mystery by Jodi Picoult

If you would like to know more about elephants, but want the information wrapped in a spellbinding mystery with an unexpected plot twist...Leaving Time is a must read. Jodi Picoult extensively researched elephants abroad in Botswana and here in the United States at the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary. She weaves in true stories of elephants in the wild and those escaping captivity, exploring the depth of animal emotion in relation to a mother’s love and capacity to grieve. Jenna is a young girl searching for her mother, an elephant researcher, who disappears after a tragic accident. Jenna’s journey will unfold the mysteries of the past. A very moving and thoughtful book on love, grief- leaving us with the idea that animals may have a more complex emotional system than we thought…perhaps equal to humans.

— Reviewed by Michel Hammes, Johns Island Regional Library, Johns Island, S.C.

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