A very sad book but very interesting as well to hear some of the first-hand accounts of families who have lost their children or partners in unusual ways. The horrible thing that they all agree on is never knowing whether their loved one is dead or alive. That can be even worse than finding out that they have died.
Some accounts are of those people who walk away from their children, only to find them years later, and others are from parents whose sons walk out one day and never come home. Unexplained disappearances are hard to comprehend, and usually (certainly from reading the book) we get the immediate feeling that these people would not have chosen to leave of their own free will, which, sadly leaves them being made to leave or taken against their wishes. Well written and well compiled, took a bit to get used to though as you are literally plunged into tight and completely different stories every 20 pages or so.
Started 19th August
Finished 1st September ( with breaks!)
