The Year of Fog (Bantam Discovery)
by Michelle Richmond
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Author: Michelle RichmondEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-26
ISBN: 0553385895
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Bantam Discovery
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- ISBN13: 9780385340120
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Absolutely Mesmerizing
Summary: 5 Stars
"Here is the the truth, this is what I know: there is a girl, her name is Emma. We were walking on the beach, it was cold and very foggy. She let go of my hand; I looked away to take a photograph. Seconds passed. When I looked back, Emma was gone."
This passage is the haunting refrain echoed again and again in this memorable book. The story is of a young soon-to-be-stepmother, Abby, whose fiance's six year old daughter disappears under her watch. The first time I read this book, I was dating (soon to be engaged and later to be married to) a man with two young children, including a six year old girl. The synopsis of the book pretty much sounded like my worst nightmare, and who doesn't love a good safe trip down "What If" lane, when you know it's all fiction anyway? Or so I thought.
And indeed, it is a nightmare-inducing kind of book, for anyone who has seen the Missing Child posters or heard on the news of a kidnapped child and felt a twinge of "thank God it's not my kid/niece/best friend's child". The story is beautifully written, haunting, captivating, heartbreaking, a trifle wordy, and in a strange way, uplifting all in one. It was as if Abby, in many ways, was myself, in this indescribably unspeakable situation (I think the author has captured the agony well, and I truly wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy). The story captivated me so strongly that I have since dreamed several times about the characters, as if they were real people whom I know.
Dipping my toes into my worst nightmare, through Abby, knowing I would have similar feelings as she should such a horrible thing befall me was both terrifying and mesmerizing. I loved every word of this book, and I have since read it three more times. The end never fails to bring me chills and even tears. Yes, the long discussions about memory at first bored me, but I think they have a very important role to play in Abby's incremental awakening. I'm glad the author included those parts.
I could not put it down; I had to know what happened to Emma. I won't spoil any secrets but I will say you DO get an answer. I highly recommend this book! And as an aside, whenever I am out alone with my stepkids, I never fail to think of Abby and Emma and watch them just that much closer than I do when their father is with us...
Summary of The Year of Fog (Bantam Discovery)
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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