The Year of Fog - Hardcover

Richmond, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786296771 ISBN 13: 9780786296774

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2007

Synopsis

Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason—photographer, fiancée soon-to-be-stepmother—looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, uplifting, and beautifully told, here is the riveting tale of a family torn apart, of the search for the truth behind a child’s disappearance, and of one woman’s unwavering faith in the redemptive power of love—all made startlingly fresh through Michelle Richmond’s incandescent sensitivity and extraordinary insight.

Six-year-old Emma vanished into the thick San Francisco fog. Or into the heaving Pacific. Or somewhere just beyond: to a parking lot, a stranger’s van, or a road with traffic flashing by. Devastated by guilt, haunted by her fears about becoming a stepmother, Abby refuses to believe that Emma is dead. And so she searches for clues about what happened that morning—and cannot stop the flood of memories reaching from her own childhood to illuminate that irreversible moment on the beach.

Now, as the days drag into weeks, as the police lose interest and fliers fade on telephone poles, Emma’s father finds solace in religion and scientific probability—but Abby can only wander the beaches and city streets, attempting to recover the past and the little girl she lost. With her life at a crossroads, she will leave San Francisco for a country thousands of miles away. And there, by the side of another sea, on a journey that has led her to another man and into a strange subculture of wanderers and surfers, Abby will make the most astounding discovery of all—as the truth of Emma’s disappearance unravels with stunning force.

A profoundly original novel of family, loss, and hope—of the choices we make and the choices made for us—The Year of Fog beguiles with the mysteries of time and memory even as it lays bare the deep and wondrous workings of the human heart. The result is a mesmerizing tour de force that will touch anyone who knows what it means to love a child.
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About this title

Review:

"In just two novels (No One You Know was the first), Michelle Richmond has established herself as mistress of the kind of literary mystery which packs the punch of a fine thriller but with added insight and wisdom...Mesmerising and harrowing, this is not just a story about a missing child but about faith, the function of memory and the way life can completely turn around in an instant." (Daily Mail)

"Heartbreaking and riveting...beautifully written" (Closer)

"impossible to put down...Five Stars" (News of the World)

"A gripping tale of a woman's search for her fiancé's missing daughter" (People Magazine)

"A breathtaking novel...magnetic." (Elle France)

Book Description:

A profoundly moving and compelling literary mystery from the author of The Marriage Pact which will appeal to fans of Alice Sebold, Sophie Hannah and Jodi Picoult

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786296771
• ISBN 13: 9780786296774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 643