Book review: In "Leaving the World” by Douglas Kennedy, Jane Howard is a brilliant professor who teaches in Boston and falls in love with Theo, an erratic, charming and equally brilliant man.
Oklahoman
Published: July 25, 2010
In Douglas Kennedy's "Leaving the World” (Atria Paperback Original, $16), Jane Howard is a brilliant professor who teaches in Boston and falls in love with Theo, an erratic, charming and equally brilliant man. Then she becomes pregnant and finds herself an unwed mother.
Though she vowed on her 13th birthday at a celebratory dinner with her warring parents that she never would have children, Jane is delighted with motherhood and dotes on her little daughter. But when an unexpected horrifying experience devastates her, Jane can only survive by fleeing all she knows and leave the world she lives in.
The disappearance of a young girl pulls her back, and she begins an obsessive search hoping to find some kind of redemption. As she becomes involved in the search, circumstances force her to make a decision: stay hidden or divulge a shattering truth.
This riveting book is one you will not want to put down. An international best-seller, the story follows Jane's life and all that fate throws in her path. Beautifully written, this novel exemplifies the resiliency of the human spirit.
— Peggy Gandy
From newsok.com published on July 25, 2010
