Please join Parnassus Books in welcoming bestselling author Jodi Picoult for a discussion of her new book, Leaving Time, as part of our Salon@615 speaker series. THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN INGRAM HALL AT THE BLAIR SCHOOL OF MUSIC.Ticket Information:This salon is a paid, ticketed event. You must purchase a ticket package to attend. Each ticket package includes a copy of the author’s latest book and entry to the event. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit The Elephant Sanctuary. Tickets can be purchased from the Salon@615 website.This event will be open captioned.Seating is limited so we recommend purchasing advance tickets, as on-site tickets may not be available.About Leaving Time:For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. Refusing to believe she was abandoned, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice's old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries will provide a clue to her mother's whereabouts. Desperate to find the truth, Jenna enlists two unlikely allies in her quest: Serenity Jones, a psychic who rose to fame finding missing persons, only to later doubt her gifts, and Virgil Stanhope, the jaded private detective who'd originally investigated Alice's case along with the strange, possibly linked death of one of her colleagues. As the three work together to uncover what happened to Alice, they realize that in asking hard questions, they'll have to face even harder answers. As Jenna's memories dovetail with the events in her mother's journals, the story races to a mesmerizing finish. A deeply moving, gripping, and intelligent page-turner, Leaving Time is Jodi Picoult at the height of her powers. About Jodi Picoult:Jodi Picoult is the author of twenty-two novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Storyteller, Lone Wolf, Between the Lines, Sing You Home, House Rules, Handle with Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister's Keeper. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. About Salon@615:Salon@615 presents bestselling authors to the public through a unique partnership between the Nashville Public Library, Humanities Tennessee, Parnassus Books and the Nashville Public Library Foundation. Together, we nurture and celebrate the literary life of Nashville by presenting author talks and book signings to our community.Since its inception in early 2011, Salon@615 has become a regular and vital author reading series on Nashville’s cultural calendar.
