The Deep End of the Ocean - Softcover

Mitchard, Jacquelyn

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9780451197740: The Deep End of the Ocean

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ISBN 10: 0451197747 ISBN 13: 9780451197740

Publisher: Signet, 1999

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The disappearance of her three-year-old son Ben threatens to drive a wedge between Beth Cappadora and her husband, Pat, and transforms her older son into a troubled delinquent, until one day nine years later when Ben comes back into their lives

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The horror of losing a child is somehow made worse when the case goes unsolved for nearly a decade, reports Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel columnist Jacquelyn Mitchard in this searing first novel. In it, 3-year-old Ben Cappadora is kidnapped from a hotel lobby where his mother is checking into her 15th high school reunion. His disappearance tears the family apart and invokes separate experiences of anguish, denial, and self-blame. Marital problems and delinquency in Ben's older brother (in charge of him the day of his kidnapping) ensue. Mitchard depicts the family's friction and torment--along with many gritty realities of family life--with the candour of a journalist and compassion of someone who has seemingly been there. International publishing and film rights sold fast on this one--it's a blockbuster.

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‘So well observed and perceptive it’s hard to shy away from... masterfully paced... A story of one family’s slow tumble back into light.’
Los Angeles Times

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