The weight of silence
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778327400 (trade pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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373 p. ; 21 cm. - Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, 2009.
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Subject: | Missing children -- Fiction Family secrets -- Fiction Iowa -- Fiction |
Genre: | Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 8 of 9 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | GUD (Text) | 35151000545533 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2009 June #4
Gudenkauf's tightly plotted debut packs a lot of unsavory doings into a few unfortunate summer days in Willow Creek, Iowa. Seven-year-old Calli Clark hasn't spoken a word in the three years since a particularly nasty run-in with her violent, wife-beating father, Griff. During a bender, Griff suddenly decides to haul his mute daughter into the nearby forest, where they get lost. At the same time, Calli's best friend Petra goes missing, and a manhunt is launched, led by deputy sheriff Loras Louis, who still carries a torch for Calli's mother. Gudenkauf moves the story forward at a fast clip and is adept at building tension. There's a particular darkness to her heartland, rife as it is with predators and the walking wounded, and her unsentimental take on the milieu manages to find some hope without being maudlin. (Aug.)
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