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Author: Beth Gutcheon

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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780060977030 - ISBN-10: 0060977035
Publication Date: 6/19/1996
Pages: 368


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

Book Description:

Alex Selky, going on seven, kissed his mother goodbye and set off for school, a mere two blocks away. He never made it. Desperate to find him, his mother begins a vigil that lasts for days, then weeks, then months. She is treated first as a tragic figure, then as a grief-crazed hysteric, then as anreminder of the bad fortune that can befall us all. Against all hope, despite false leads and thedesertions of her friends and allies she believes with all her heart that somehow, somewhere, Alex will be found alive.

Beth Gutcheon builds a heartrending suspense that culminates in a climax you will never forget.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Laura S. wrote on 12/8/2006...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

I loved this book! I stayed up late last night finishing it. It's a story about a mother who's son gets kidnapped, and how she is really the only one who hangs in there after time has passed, to keep on believing that he is alive and that she she still has hope that he will be found. The relationships in the book are interesting, and one experiences very deeply her emotional life and what she had to go through in terms of dealing with society and the alienation that she contended with, in her persistence not to give up.

Wendy C. (Froggie) wrote on 6/14/2008...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Wow - what a great book. A little boy goes missing and the story revolves around the mother & father and how they deal with searching for him. This story will hit home to any parent. Susan (the mom) has so much strenght and courage throughout this book.

I highly recommend this one!

Debbie M. (debbiemc) wrote on 9/1/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This book was so incredibly good I could not put it down. Heartbreaking sorry about a missing 6 year old boy and how it affects his family, especially his mother. Would highly recommend!

Rebecca C. (angelize99) wrote on 12/10/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

i REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK. It was written well.. and had a surprise ending then made me end up in tears.

Sara M. (Mom2EmNAbby) wrote on 5/9/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

haunting and harrowing with a shocking ending.


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Susan S. (vettesue) wrote on 9/25/2009...


THE STORY WAS WELL TOLD BUT GOT A LITTLE SLOW IN THE MIDDLE. THE ENDING IS A GOOD SURPRISE!

Julie L. (euchre35) wrote on 5/5/2007...


tale of a mother who never gives up hope that her child will be returned. I enjoyed it.

Lisa S. (PepperRidgewood) wrote on 3/12/2007...


Very detailed, but I read it straight through and I thought it was intriguing enough to finish.

Bonnie S. (redlady) wrote on 3/27/2006...


A bestelling, critically acclaimed novel and the basis for the film "Without a Trace".

Casey M. (moraldeginerate) wrote on 7/23/2005...


Great book about a child abduction and the heart wrenching search of a mother.


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