{"id":9257,"date":"2018-04-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2018-04-11T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T15:56:13","slug":"l-the-leaving-season-and-love-and-loss-after-graduation-by-cat-jordan-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9257","title":{"rendered":"L = The Leaving Season and love and loss, after graduation, by Cat Jordan (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=9404\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leaving-Season.jpg?fit=428%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"428,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Leaving Season\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leaving-Season.jpg?fit=428%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9404 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leaving-Season.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of The Leaving Season by Cat Jordan, published by Harper Teen | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leaving-Season.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Leaving-Season.jpg?w=428&amp;ssl=1 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oureverydaylife.com\/handle-boyfriends-girlfriends-going-college-16456.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">So many leave for college<\/a> at this time,<br \/>\nbut leaving for another country?<br \/>\nWhat if something goes wrong?<\/p>\n<p>When Middie&#8217;s perfect (really, he is the best ever!) boyfriend is kidnapped while on a humanitarian <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkingbeyondborders.org\/dont-volunteer-abroad-gap-year\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gap year project<\/a> abroad, she is utterly devastated &#8211; and only Nate&#8217;s best friend understands how she feels. <\/p>\n<p>If only she and Lee had anything in common besides Nate &#8211; or do they?<\/p>\n<p>Read the first chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/sample-9c76b37c78c4f31b9446393938ed001d.read.overdrive.com\/?p=_eyJzbHVnIjoibGVhdmluZy1zZWFzb24iLCJmb3JtYXQiOiI2MTAifQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for free, courtesy of the publisher, to meet Middie and Nate as he leaves for Honduras and she tries to start navigating her life without him by her side daily.<\/p>\n<p>How do you cope with folks leaving?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: The Leaving Season \/ Cat Jordan. Harper Teen, 2016. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catjordanbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">author site<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/9780062351371\/the-leaving-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many leave for college at this time, but leaving for another country? What if something goes wrong? When Middie&#8217;s perfect (really, he is the best ever!) boyfriend is kidnapped while on a humanitarian gap year project abroad, she is utterly devastated &#8211; and only Nate&#8217;s best friend understands how she feels. 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