Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-six years earlier, Sammy Went, a two-year old girl vanished from her home in Manson, Kentucky. An American accountant who contacts Kim is convinced she was that child, kidnapped just after her birthday. She cannot believe the woman who raised her, a loving social worker who died of cancer four years ago, crossed international lines to steal a toddler.On April 3rd, 1990, Jack and Molly Went’s daughter Sammy disappeared from the inside their Kentucky home. Already estranged since the girl’s birth, the couple drifted further apart as time passed. Jack did his best to raise and protect his other daughter and son while Molly found solace in her faith. The Church of the Light Within, a Pentecostal fundamentalist group who handle poisonous snakes as part of their worship, provided that faith. Without Sammy, the Wents eventually fell apart.
Now, with proof that she and Sammy are in fact the same person, Kim travels to America to reunite with a family she never knew she had. And to solve the mystery of her abduction—a mystery that will take her deep into the dark heart of religious fanaticism where she must fight for her life against those determined to save her soul…
My Thoughts:
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wow, what can I say. This is a debut thriller from this author. I could not put it down. A 2 year old child goes missing, 26 years ago. Kim lives in Australia as a photographer. She has a sister and a step dad she loves with all her heart. Her mom died of cancer 4 years ago. Stuart Went contacts her and says I believe you are my sister, Sammy, who went missing 26 years ago. Kim can not believe that the mother who raised her was a kidnapper. So Kim travels to Kentucky to meet the family of Sammy,
You will read what happened then and what is happening now all throughout the book. Each chapter changes so you get to know the Went family 26 years ago and you get to know Kim's family now and her meeting the Went family. As you keep reading things fall into place but I still was a little surprised at the end. I am so glad that I read this book and will look forward to this author's other books.
I received this from Minotaur books for review.
You will read what happened then and what is happening now all throughout the book. Each chapter changes so you get to know the Went family 26 years ago and you get to know Kim's family now and her meeting the Went family. As you keep reading things fall into place but I still was a little surprised at the end. I am so glad that I read this book and will look forward to this author's other books.
I received this from Minotaur books for review.
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I'd never heard of the book until now, sounds great and thrilling too.
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