The Year of Fog (Bantam Discovery)
Author(s):
Michelle Richmond
Label: Bantam Discovery
Publisher(s):
Bantam Discovery
Studio: Bantam Discovery
Manufacturer: Bantam Discovery
Binding: Paperback
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews
The Year of Fog
One of the best books I've ever read, and I read constantly. It truly is a page turner! If you like Jodi Picoult, you will love this book!!!!!!!
The Year of Fog
This is an excellent book, tackling a complex and emotional topic. Once again we realize that love is often deeper than a biological bond between two people. It was very well written and I would read more from this author.
Great start, but . . .
The Year of Fog is a suspenseful page-turner in parts, but it drags on in others. Michelle Richmond packs maybe more than enough facts into her book, as if she is trying to add something from every reference book she's researched in order to write this novel. Not all of it is relevant.
Another reviewer mentioned that the book is repetitive. I agree. Maybe this was the author's way of emphasizing the search's futility and the characters' frustration.
Still, the book is well-written and the chapters short, encouraging the reader to read just one more chapter, and then another and another.
The best part of the novel is the first two-thirds. The story is built around an interesting premise, and anyone with a child--or anyone whose life has been altered by an incident that could have possibly been avoided--will be able to relate to the anguish experienced by the characters.
Beautiful metaphors
Great voice, suspense, live characters and a real plot. The metaphors are so rich and beautiful, I wish I had written them. The ending is perfect. A missing child, whether he/she is found or not, changes everyone's life around him/her. You can't turn back time, as much as you'd love to. I was afraid the ending was going to be too typically happy, but it was perfect. It was a very real ending. I will definitely read more of this author.
The repetition some people complain about are necessary to show the impact of such a tragedy on your life. You almost go crazy.
This book needs a good editor
This was an okay book, but it was too long and repetitive. I found myself skimming through the endless search scenes. And, in the end, I found the behavior of the main characters a little hard to believe. The protangonist was really a victim. This was no random kidnapping, yet the boyfriend didn't seem to understand that his messed up family stole a year from this poor woman's life. I wanted to smack him in the end.
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