Stewart O'Nan has a quiet way of telling stories about desperate people. He also seems to habitually focus on the ones left behind rather than the real victims (see also: The Good Wife).I buy it. Never having been in or near a situation like the one the Larsen family finds itself in, I can only imagine what it could feel like. I can also imagine that people might react like the people in the book do.
Although the parents and little sister of the missing girl, Kim, all tray to come to terms in their own way - be it through throwing yourself into your work, shutting down or simply trying to comfort the ones left of your family.
Not an easy subject matter by any means. And no neat solution, which I am sure bothers a lot of people. For me, O'Nan can hardly do any wrong, though.
7/10
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