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Leaving Time

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

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 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?

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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. 

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