2014
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Jenna Metcalf was with her mother the night she disappeared in tragic and mysterious circumstances, but she remembers nothing. Over ten years have passed, and still Jenna reads and rereads her mother's journals, hoping to find some clue hidden there, in the meticulous recording of her scientific research with elephants. Desperate for answers, Jenna uses all her savings to recruit the aid of a private detective - and a psychic. Jenna knows her mother loved her. She knows she would not leave her. And she will not rest until she finds out what happened that night.In her most gripping mystery since House Rules, Jodi Picoult brings us a powerful story of a young girl's determination to uncover the truth, however shocking and life-changing it might be.
Utgivelsesår 2014
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9781444778151
EAN 9781444778151
Språk Engelsk
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Jenna leter etter moren sin som er sporløst forsvunnet. Moren var en forsker på elefanter. Jenna får hjelp av en synsk kvinne som har mistet evnene sine, og en privatetterforsker som en gang har vært politi. I boken veksler synsvinkelen mellom disse fire personene. Det er mye fakta om elefanter i morens del av historien. Etter som tråder nøstes opp blir det mange uventede vendinger, og tempoet øker en del. Men for meg ble denne boken litt for mye av alt. Terningkast 3. Helt grei underholdning. For rett leser tror jeg dette kan være en medrivende og rørende fortelling. Spesielt hvis man liker elefanter.. Og overnaturlige evner! Hørte den som lydbok på Libby. Lånt gratis via Sølvberget.
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Dreaming is the closest the average human gets to the paranormal plane; it's the time when the mind lets down its guard and the walls get thin enough for there to be glimpses to the other side.
You might live on top of the biggest toxic waste dump on the planet, but if you never dig, then all you ever know is that your grass is green and your garden is lush.
If you are a mother, you must have someone to take care of.
If that someone is taken from you, whether it is a newborn or an individual old enough to have offspring of its own, can you still call yourself a mother?
The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it.... Some stories just don't have a happy ending.
And because I did not want to let go, because I didn't know how, I wrapped my arms around Thomas Metcalf. I kissed him in the shade of the baobab tree, with its upside-down roots in the air, with its bark that could be cut a hundred times and still heal itself.