53 pages 1 hour read

Jodi Picoult

Leaving Time

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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Essay Topics

1.

 Jenna fears the Leaving Time when she’s about to fall asleep. Which of the other characters in the book displays a fear of abandonment? How do they avoid or cope with it?

2.

Serenity describes the ghost world as a near copy of our own. Why do you think the author chose to depict it in such a way?

3.

Many of the characters in Leaving Time are haunted by past failures. Describe a few of these incidents and how they’ve shaped the subsequent behavior of the characters involved.