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    Where There's Smoke: A Short Story | Larger Than Life: A Novella
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    Where There's Smoke: A Short Story | Larger Than Life: A Novella

    Written by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Kathe Mazur and Rebecca Lowman

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    About this audiobook

    Where There's Smoke
    Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is a masterful storyteller, who "writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships" (The Boston Globe). Now, in this original short story, Picoult introduces Serenity Jones, one of the fascinating characters from her eagerly awaited new novel, Leaving Time.

    Even as a child, Serenity Jones knew she possessed unusual psychic gifts. Now, decades later, she's an acclaimed medium and host of her own widely viewed TV show, where she delivers messages to the living from loved ones who have passed. Lately, though, her efforts to boost ratings and garner fame have compromised her clairvoyant instincts. When Serenity books a young war widow to appear as a guest, the episode quickly unravels, stirring up a troubling controversy. And as she tries to undo the damage-to both her reputation and her show-Serenity finds that pride comes at a high price.

    Larger Than Life
    From Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Storyteller and My Sister's Keeper, comes a gripping and beautifully written novella. Set in the wilds of Africa, Larger Than Life introduces Alice, the unforgettable character at the center of Picoult's anticipated new novel, Leaving Time.

    A researcher studying memory in elephants, Alice is fascinated by the bonds between mother and calf-the mother's powerful protective instincts and her newborn's unwavering loyalty. Living on a game reserve in Botswana, Alice is able to view the animals in their natural habitat-while following an important rule: She must only observe and never interfere. Then she finds an orphaned young elephant in the bush and cannot bear to leave the helpless baby behind. Thinking back on her own childhood, and on her shifting relationship with her mother, Alice risks her career to care for the calf. Yet what she comes to understand is the depth of a parent's love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 14, 2014
    ISBN9781101887554
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    Where There's Smoke: A Short Story | Larger Than Life: A Novella
    Author

    Jodi Picoult

    JODI PICOULT is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-six novels. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, the ALA’s Alex Award, the New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit, and the prestigious Sarah Josepha Hale Award in recognition of her distinguished body of written work. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband. They have three children. You can visit her website at wwww.jodipicoult.com  

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    • 5/5
      I have two words for this book…Wait what?? I might need to repeat the two words because I said it a few times while reading this book. True to Jodi Picoult, there was a big shock at the end and also I kept thinking I knew what happened and then it would change. Then I would think I had it solved and it would change again. Then she would break my heart. Jodi is such a wonderful story teller and she did it again.

      This is about Jenna who is looking for her Mom who has been missing for 10 years. Jenna hasn’t seen her since she was three when one of the caretakers at the elephant sanctuary is trampled and Jenna’s Mom Alice is injured and taken to the hospital. It’s also about Serenity, a psychic that Jenna approaches to help her find Alice. I remember Serenity from another book but can’t remember which one. I love that Jodi pulled her into another story. This is also about Virgil, one of the detectives who investigated what happened that night at the sanctuary and how the case has bothered him for 10 years. The story is told by different viewpoints throughout the book. Alice talks about the backstory and reveals to the reader what was happening leading up to that night. Virgil, Serenity and Jenna mainly reveal what is happening in the investigation. Jenna also has some memories about her first three years with her parents at the sanctuary.

      I always recommend Jodi to anyone who wants to be sucked into a story and this one is no different. It will pull you in, shock you and make you sad. Read, read, read it. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed. And if you think about it, read the little novella prequel Larger Than Life for this book. It adds more substance to Alice.
    • 5/5
      I’ve read a lot of Picoult’s books and enjoyed most of them, but this one blows them out of the water. Thirteen-year-old Jenna is searching for her mother, who disappeared when Jenna was three. The circumstances of her mother’s leaving were cloudy - both in Jenna’s memory, and in the botched police reports. Jenna hires a psychic who has lost her ability, and the detective who was fired from the case to help her track down her mom. The details about Jenna’s mother’s elephant research are so touching, and such a great way to balance the human side of the story. The twist is one of the best I’ve encountered in a book - I’d put it right up there with One Step Too Far by Tina Seskis.
    • 3/5
      I quite enjoyed this book, but I wouldn't rate it as one of Picoult's best. As usual the author used multiple narrators to tell the story, but by far my favourite was Alice as she researched and described elephant behaviour, their memories and how they grieve - just beautiful. The other characters I wasn't so keen on. I thought Jenna sounded, and acted, much older than 13 and while I quite liked Serenity and Virgil, I didn't really connect with them. As for the ending, it was a surprise, but I half expected a twist as Picoult is known for her unusual endings.
    • 4/5
      Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult; (4*, +)Picoult changed Editors and is back to her superb mystery writing. I almost gave this book a pass given my disappointment with her last novel. But a trusted friend told me that this one was a worthy read and he was right. The author uses voices of different narrators to weave her story together. She has always been master at this method of story telling. She makes good use of the basic determined plucky teen character. In this story a 13-year-old girl is trying to find her missing mother. She enlists the help of a gone-to-seed detective who was originally on the case and a disgraced psychic to find her missing mother. Picoult uses the voice of Jenna the 13 year old, Virgil the detective, Serenity the psychic and Alice the mother. An added bonus of this great mystery is the information Picoult provides on elephants. She thoroughly researched the plight of the elephant. I love to learn about something while I’m also engrossed in a well-developed story. This was a great read for me. This bonus 'made' the book for me.
    • 4/5
      It's been a long time since I read a Jodi Picoult, and this was a good return vehicle. My husband asked me what it was about, and I jokingly said 'A kid, a cop, and a psychic walk into an elephant preserve one da...'. Not Picoult's usual formula (as I remember it), which I kept waiting for, while periodically noting inconsistencies or bits that I wondered how slipped past the editor (which when I finally caught on to what the big reveal would be, made me feel good as a reader that I'd picked them up. I just didn't do the full math with them until well into the book.) Glad I picked it up to try this author again. Especially loved the meaning behind the title.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely awesome book! It is a very intriguing story with several points of view which Picoult does so well: teenage girl, missing mother, psychic who used to be very good at it, cop who is hiding his identity, and the girl's father who is in a mental hospital. Every character is rich and memorable. There is a mystery that slowly comes to light with such engaging interactions in the process. The story contains lots of information about elephants woven into the story. The audio production I listened to is excellent with the different voices. I highly recommend this book.
    • 1/5
      Most fascinating for its descriptions of and discussions about elephants. I found the pulling together of the various threads of the murder plot quite contrived. Am nonetheless rating it four stars for the relationships -- human and elephant -- and for an easy writing style.
    • 4/5
      I was entranced until the ending. Leaving Time is an intriguing mystery interwoven with touching and fascinating stories about elephants. It features strong female characters who are intelligent and likable. The story was compelling, smart, funny, poignant and shrouded with mystery. The author built suspense and tension and included many surprises. But the twist at the end, while successful in that it was totally unexpected, made me feel cheated. Others may find the ending agreeable and even applaud it, but I was left mostly bereft by it. Nevertheless, it was a good read.
    • 5/5
      I thought this was a fantastic read. So interesting to learn about elephants and their habits. The characters were terrific and made an unlikely team. This was a different style of book from the author's usual court case type books and I loved feeling like a detective trying to put together the pieces. The twist at the end was a huge surprise for me and made it overall a wonderful read. Highly recommended.
    • 2/5
      the ending saved this book from being a 1 star.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book! I have read a few of Jodi Picoult's books in the past but find that I have to wait ages before i'm emotionally ready to start another. They can be extremely intense!

      'Leaving Time' was a little different to her other books, it was more mystical than any of her others and it did not feature a huge dramatic court case either. Instead it has been based on an Elephant sanctuary in Tennessee where zoo or circus elephants are free to live out the rest of their lives in peace.

      I found this book really moving, the character development and progression of the story caught me and I finished the book in about a day - it was so hard not to want to read on and figure out what was happening! I really could not figure this mystery out!

      Jodi Picoult! I want more books like this one!
    • 5/5
      Jenna's mother disappeared after a terrible accident at the Elephant Sanctuary ten years ago. And for ten years, young Jenna has searched the internet seeking. Is her mother dead? Is she alive? And, if so, why did she leave her behind?

      Jenna's father has been in an institution all this time, so Jenna is living with her grandmother, who is afraid of the answers Jenna seeks.

      Jenna finds the most unlikely allies to help her find her answers. Virgil, the detective who was on the case the night Alice disappeared, and a psychic, who lost her powers to see years ago...

      Their adventure, and unlikely friendship takes them on a journey from NH to TN and back again...and the most unlikely answers are revealed...
    • 5/5
      Really interesting read. Learned a lot about elephants, I have even more appreciation and respect for the species. At one point I guessed at the twist when a particular scene kind of gave it away but then another twist made me change my mind. In the end my original guess was correct but it was even more than I thought. The narration gave the journey through this book a in pursuit of the truth kind of momentum for me. I felt like an investigator trying to get it all figured out and that is what made it such a very intriguing read for me.
    • 4/5
      A moving story of thirteen-year-old Jenna's search for her mother, an elephant researcher who disappeared under mysterious circumstances ten years earlier. Along the way, the reader learns about the plight of elephants, both captured and in the wild. Highly recommended.
    • 3/5
      Didn't care much for this one. It read like a treatise on the fate of the worlds elephants with a small mystery thrown in.
    • 4/5
      This was a book for book club that I read surprisingly fast (especially considering that I don't particularly like elephants). It was full of surprises that didn't come together or make sense until the end, which was sad and a little hard to make sense of when the story took its first surprising turn. There is some closure but it stays a little raw (of course, I've only just finished it). I think the title has a variety of possible meanings and I wonder if this will come up in the book club.
    • 4/5
      I liked the second story beter than the first one.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful and soulful. Love the narrator's voice; it lends to the emotions behind the author's words. I read Leaving Time a few years ago, never realizing that Serenity's (Where There's Smoke novella) and Alice's (Larger Than Life novella) backstories existed. I'm glad I stumbled upon them now.
    • 5/5
      Both short story are exceptionally written and moving for their length.
    • 5/5
      Loved these short stories! They are a great length and very entertaining.
    • 3/5
      Odd...

      Interesting but odd. Characters were well developed and the plot had you hooked but the end...just not for me. Enjoyed her other books so much more.
    • 4/5
      Beautifully moving story of how elephants and humans care for each other. And - although I have read many Jodi Picoult books, and always get surprised by the twists, I did not see this one coming. Interesting.
    • 3/5
      3.5. The elephant research was excellent, but the story line, well, it just didn't ring true for me. The ending was interesting, unexpected.
    • 4/5
      I loved it until the end, where it got really weird.
    • 4/5
      A thirteen year-old being raise by her grandmother, a psychic, and a drunken washed-up PI combine in a search for Jenna's mother who disappeared from an elephant sanctuary 10 years ago. Told in alternating chapters, Jenna's chapters tell of the search and her mother Alice's chapters tell of her work and study of elephants and how they deal with grief in Africa and at the elephant sanctuary she worked at in New Hampshire. A couple of the issues I had with the book were resolved by the big reveal/twist at the end. Having previously read almost all of her books, I didn't find this one as riveting as some of the others. I did find the information in the elephant chapters very interesting, but ultimately only found this so-so.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed reading this book (Jodi Picoult being one of my favourite authors). I did not anticipate the ending, which is very common in books written by this author. I also enjoyed this information shared about elephants.Worth the read.
    • 3/5
      A potentially great book about elephants gone terribly wrong. Evidently Picoult doesn't know how to end a book.
    • 3/5
      Jodi Picoult's latest novel, Leaving Time, is about a teen girl named Jenna who is on a search to find her mother, Alice. Alice, an elephant researcher, disappeared after an accident at the elephant sanctuary where she lived and worked. Jenna enlists the help of a psychic and a former detective to help with her search as she refuses to believe that her mother is dead.If you love elephants, then you might love this book. You really have to love elephants though because there is a lot of talk about elephants. Too much, in my opinion. I just didn't care about the elephants that much, which led to me skimming through many sections of this book.Also, I just wasn't interested in the psychic parts of this story either. So when you combine the elephants with the psychics, there was a huge portion of this book that did not hold my interest at all. Then there is the twist ending. If you are familiar with Jodi Picoult at all, then you know that her books always have a twist ending. Honestly, I think the best twist that Jodi Picoult could ever write would be to not write a twist at all, and then we would all fall out of our seats from shock! In the case of Leaving Time, I did not see the twist coming at all. So she did manage to surprise me. However, I didn't like it all. It was not an original idea. It's been done before and better. A certain movie comes to most people's minds, but I was reminded of another (much better!) book that I read earlier this year with a similar ending. In Leaving Time, the ending didn't work and it felt like its only purpose was to surprise the reader. I didn't feel like the ending worked in a believable way with the story she was telling.With all of that said, I did read this book very quickly. I will give Jodi Picoult credit...even when I don't like her books, I still find them to be very readable. She can keep me turning pages, even with a lame story like this one.
    • 4/5
      This was different from what I normaly read but the story kept me interested. I enjoyed all the information regarding the elephants and I felt the main characters were well developed. The ending was not what I expected but I liked it alot.
    • 2/5
      This book was ok at most. Really long elephant detail and the ending was dull and unrealistic..