Photographer Abby Mason has it all: a growing career, a loving fiance, Jake, and a wonderful relationship with six-year-old Emma, her future stepdaughter, all in beautiful San Fransisco. But a few seconds of inattention on a foggy beach causes her to lose it all. Emma disappears without a trace. Author Michelle Richmond follows Abby through a year of self torture for her mistake: is Emma alive or dead? Is she suffering? Does Abby still deserve Jake's love? How can she go back to work and try to live a normal life when no questions have been answered? How can she reach into her memory to find a clue to Emma's disappearance?
This is a heartbreaking story of a woman wracked with guilt, terror and regret for a simple act thousands of caregivers do every day: simply look away from a child for a short period of time. It echoes themes in titles such as Ian McEwan's The Child in Time, Red Leaves by Thomas Cook, Beth Gutcheon's Still Missing, and Angels Crest by Lesley Schwartz.
Not a happy subject, but worth the read.
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