The Disappearance

Sigel, Efrem

ISBN 10: 1433292572 ISBN 13: 9781433292576

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2009

Synopsis

When Joshua and Nathalie Sandler's only child, fourteen-year-old Daniel, disappears one day in a town in western Massachusetts, their world changes in an instant. Over the next year, Joshua neglects everything else to search ceaselessly for their son, while Nathalie, a gifted cellist, withdraws into herself, unable to play a note of music. With lyrical prose and building suspense, Sigel portrays the anguish of parents who, despite the crushing burden of uncertainty and grief, must continue to live their lives. We meet various townspeople with motives and secrets of their own who might be involved in the disappearance or its aftermath. There is the mean-spirited president of the Board of Selectmen, neighbors who either come forward to help or who hide evidence, a deeply human police chief, half a dozen troubled teenagers, and a dark-haired, passionate young woman with secrets of her own, who is drawn to Joshua and his plight. As the mystery of Daniel's disappearance deepens, Joshua and Nathalie struggle to find new meaning in their existence--and to discover if their fragmented marriage can ever be made whole again.

About this title

About the Authors

Efrem Sigel is the author of The Kermanshah Transfer, a novel, as well as five books of nonfiction and nineteen short stories, a number of which have won prizes or earned Pushcart nominations.

Anthony Heald, an Audie Award-winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in television's Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his family.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433292572
• ISBN 13: 9781433292576
• Binding: Audio CD