Rebecca A. Demarest
Auteur de Less Than Charming: A Novel
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Œuvres de Rebecca A. Demarest
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Demarest, Rebecca A.
- Nom légal
- Demarest, Rebecca Ashley
- Date de naissance
- 1986-11-21
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Willamette University (BA|Psychology and English)
Emerson College (MFA|Creative Writing) - Professions
- designer
illustrator
Membres
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 16
- Membres
- 46
- Popularité
- #335,831
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 10
For information: Undeliverable is being produced in cooperation with the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children and $1 of the cover price from each sale goes to the center to help fund their efforts.
Free ebook copy from the author in exchange for a review.
I was in two minds about reading this book - it's a hard topic to confront, even for those who dont have children. How far would you go and what are you prepared to lose when a child of yours disappears? It's a brave subject matter that the author has confronted - a parent (a father no less, not a mother) who is confronted with the guilt of his only child disappearing whilst on his "watch", and attempting to confront the feelings of guilt and inadequacy in not being able to protect, find or rescue his child.
The story starts a year after Bennie disappears, a month or so after Ben's wife has kicked him out of their house and business, and Ben starts a new job at the Mail Recovery Centre - the place where the undeliverable letters (addressed to Santa, Jesus or just plain illegible) end up. Ben believes that this job can help him track down Bennie (using DMV etc), but he doesn't count on the workers such as Sylvia interrupting his daily routine. He also doesn't count on the auditors preventing his investigations.
[slight spoiler alert]
This is not a story that ties everything up in pretty bows. It doesn't necessarily have the happy ending you want. It has an ending that some people will find positive, or at least upbeat. I suspect it will be an ending that more people than we like to believe are confronted with on a regular basis. The story is written well, with the two main protagonists (Ben , Sylvia) being decent if flawed individuals.
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