A family, husband, wife and a 9 year old boy & 6 year old girl with Down syndrome, go on a day hike in the mountains. The girl runs off and they cannot find her. Search teams come in, then dog teams, helicopters and more are there and she is not found. The story gets into each of the family members as well as into the minds of some of the searchers. A tough book to read, especially as my son has Down syndrome. At 6 he was a runner too and got away from us a few times but obviously nothing like this story. Is a sad read and tough at times but I think the author handled it well and did a good job of coming at this situation from different sides. It was published in 2000, so would have been thought of/written in the 1990s so cell phones not everywhere but in mountains no cell service anyway.
This is a beaten up copy, I got from PBS but was really not a book that should have been sent. Not sure if spine was cracked before or not but is now so won't go through PBS. Not sure if keeping at this point or if will donate off somewhere else.
No comments:
Post a Comment