Description:
When Libby's husband Greg fails to return from a two-week canoe trip to the Canadian wilderness, the authorities soon write off his disappearance as an unhappy husband's escape from an empty marriage and unrewarding career. Their marriage might have survived if their daughter Lacey hadn't died.and if Greg hadn't been responsible. Libby enlists the aid of her wilderness savvy father-in-law and her faith-walking best friend to help her search for clues to her husband's disappearance.if for no other reason than to free her to move on. What the trio discovers in the search upends Libby's presumptions about her husband and rearranges her faith.
My Thoughts:
Another new author that I'm really liking! Thanks to Ruchti's poetic-like prose, I was able to be right with Libby and experience the combination of fear, frustration, and longing that she was feeling as she waits and then searches for her husband. Some of her self-loathing about the state of their marriage is a bit heavy to cope with, but feels very honest to her experience at the time. I know that if my husband went missing, I would be rehashing every conversation and wishing I could undo every hurtful thing I ever said. Libby's journey, both physically and spiritually, is powerful and emotional. I didn't want the book to end.
Book Bullets:
- My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
- Genre: suspense
- Themes: loving each other, forgiveness
- Part of a Series: no
- Publication year: 2010
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Other books I've read by this author: this is the first
- Author's website: http://www.cynthiaruchti.com/
