The nightmare that no parent wants to face. Your teenage, college going daughter goes missing, the Police do not seem to take it seriously and her colleagues are oblivious to the fact that she has been missing from her room and from her classes.
Most mothers hesitate as to whether they are over reacting, it finally dawns that you do not really know what is happening in your daughter's life, you have not been privy to the daily happenings unlike before and that she is now grown up and quite independent of you.
Maggie does not take inactivity lying down. She pursues it on her own despite it being bordering on the illegal. Her daughter is missing and that is all she can think about.
I agree with one reviewer who said this is women's fiction. It is typical of a mother's behaviour, single or married. Your children are your focus and you are there to protect them. Everything else is beside. The story of Maggie and the unravelling of Emma who wants to fit in, who wants to have friends, who wants to be in the in crowd is a typical growing up story.
A good read about two women trying to come to terms with growing up and becoming independent.
Sent to me by Netgalley for an unbiased review, courtesy of Sourcebooks Landmark.
Yes, every parent's nightmare. I'm glad it was a good read!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like that nightmare is coming true more often these days. This sounds compelling.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely on my wishlist
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