Saturday, November 29, 2008

Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan

Kim was 18 and getting ready to go to college in a month. Even though she was tempted to stay at the river with her boyfriend and her friends, she reluctantly left at the same time as her friend Nina. They both worked at the Conoco station and Kim had never missed work. They drove off to their respective homes to change clothes - but Kim never made it to work. This book is really not about Kim herself. It is about those around her - her sister, her parents and her friends. The initial reaction and investigation turns into a new way of life for all of those people.
It was a well-written story that brings you into the lives of those people.

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