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The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean Mass market paperbound - 1999

by Mitchard, Jacquelyn

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Signet, 1999. Very Good. Oprah Book Club® Selection, September 1996: The horror of losing a child is somehow made worse when the case goes unsolved for nearly a decade, report s Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel columnist Jacquelyn Mitchard in this searing f irst novel. In it, 3-year-old Ben Cappadora is kidnapped from a hotel lobby where his mother is checking into her 15th high school reunion. His disapp earance tears the family apart and invokes separate experiences of anguish, denial, and self-blame. Marital problems and delinquency in Ben's older br other (in charge of him the day of his kidnapping) ensue. Mitchard depicts the family's friction and torment--along with many gritty realities of fami ly life--with the candor of a journalist and compassion of someone who has seemingly been there. International publishing and movie rights sold fast o n this one: It's a blockbuster.
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  • Title The Deep End of the Ocean
  • Author Mitchard, Jacquelyn
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 447
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Signet, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999
  • Bookseller's Inventory # RWARE0000016358
  • ISBN 9780451197740 / 0451197747
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.98 x 4.2 x 1.18 in (17.73 x 10.67 x 3.00 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Missing children
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Mitchard's suspenseful and moving novel is now available in trade paperbackFew first novels receive the kind of attention and acclaim showered on this powerful story--a nationwide bestseller, a critical success, and the first title chosen for Oprah's Book Club. Both highly suspenseful and deeply moving, The Deep End of the Ocean imagines every mother's worst nightmare--the disappearance of a child--as it explores a family's struggle to endure, even against extraordinary odds. Filled with compassion, humor, and brilliant observations about the texture of real life, here is a story of rare power, one that will touch readers' hearts and make them celebrate the emotions that make us all one.

First line

"I only like the baby," Beth told her husband, as they stacked plastic bags and diaper bags, and duffel bags and camera bags, and Beth's big old Bacfold reflector-all in a pile in the hall.

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