Leaving the World : A Novel (Paperback)

from neddludd

This is the second Kennedy I've read, and the second in which the main character seeks to create a new life due to a trauma in the old one. That said, the first two thirds of this book are marvelous as the author invests his heroine with a range of vivid emotional responses to the events she conf...

from JW1949

I thoroughly enjoyed this story, as I have many of DK's novels. Not exactly unputdownable but well worth sticking to it.

from kiwifortyniner

I had forgotten how much I liked Douglas Kennedys books. I have read a couple of them a while ago, and am not so much able to remember the stories ( it was before I really got onto library thing). But I do remember that I enjoyed them and this one is no different. I found the story line really gr...

from dawnlovesbooks

I would have given the book four stars if it weren't for the ending that i felt could've been better. I really enjoyed the book though. i plan to go out and buy all of the books that douglas kennedy has written. i love his insightful and intellegent writing. there is a lot of sadness in this book...

from pdebolt

Douglas Kennedy has created a character, Jane Howard, who survives multiple betrayals and then endures a heart break that leaves her wanting to "leave the world." This was an engrossing, well-written book with the exception of a laspe in judgment by the author toward the end of the book when Jane...