false 332348 17 Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach. In the seconds when Abby Mason - photographer, fiancée soon-to-be-stepmother - looks into her camera and commits her greatest error. Heartbreaking, uplifting, and beautifully told, here is the riveting tale of a family torn apart, of the search for the truth behind a child's disappearance, and of one woman's unwavering faith in the redemptive power of love - all made startlingly fresh through Michelle Richmond's incandescent sensitivity and extraordinary insight. Six-year-old Emma vanished into the thick San Francisco fog. Or into the heaving Pacific. Or somewhere just beyond: to a parking lot, a stranger's van, or a road with traffic flashing by. Devastated by guilt, haunted by her fears about becoming a stepmother, Abby refuses to believe that Emma is dead. And so she searches for clues about what happened that morning - and cannot stop the flood of memories reaching from her own childhood to illuminate that irreversible moment on the beach. Now, as the days drag into weeks, as the police lose interest and fliers fade on telephone poles, Emma's father finds solace in religion and scientific probability - but Abby can only wander the beaches and city streets, attempting to recover the past and the little girl she lost. With her life at a crossroads, she will leave San Francisco for a country thousands of miles away. And there, by the side of another sea, on a journey that has led her to another man and into a strange subculture of wanderers and surfers, Abby will make the most astounding discovery of all - as the truth of Emma's disappearance unravels with stunning force. A profoundly original novel of family, loss, and hope - of the choices we make and the choices made for us - <b>The Year of Fog</b> beguiles with the mysteries of time and memory even as it lays bare the deep and wondrous workings of the human heart. The result is a mesmerizing tour de force that will touch anyone who knows what it means to love a child. 1214929 27 3 2007 The Year of Fog total:3263|5:10|4:37|3:37|2:7|1:2| 3263 11264 4647 993 5 9 false false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 06:11:48 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 23:11:23 -0700 2008
I loved that I didn’t know how it would end, and I won’t ruin it for those of you who haven’t read it, but the book was suspen...more...]]> 1 11 true true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 01 04:16:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 04:22:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 16:02:28 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 20:21:14 -0700 2008
Well, given my affinity for Jodi books and the fact I read Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean" a few years back and liked it, that was mo...more...]]> 1 7 true false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 15:41:20 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 15:47:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 16:47:52 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 17:01:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 19:44:32 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 14:33:29 -0700 2008 "There is a girl, her name is Emma, she is walking on the beach. I look away. Seconds pass. I look back, and she is gone. I keep thinking about the seconds, the ever-expanding circle. How I set this chain of events in motion. How I must find some way to make amends."


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Abby Mason has a wonderful relationship with her fiance, Jake and his child, Emma. Abby takes Emma for a walk along a beach in San Francisco but looks away fr...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 16:51:06 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 16:59:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 16:36:28 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 16:02:51 -0800 2009 4 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:48:54 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:53:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:17:59 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:23:51 -0700 2009
Basically, this book follows Abby a photographer who is engaged to Jake. Abby is at the beach one day with Jake's daughter Emma, when Emma disappears. This book foll...more...]]> 2 1 false true Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 23 13:53:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 08:21:52 -0800 2009
This was a 400 pages book and it could have been 250 pages...

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I really enjoyed this story - (although it was a COMPLETELY FRUSTRATING read)!!! The story is about Abby - finding herself at a perfect point in her life - She's in love with a man, Jake - who ha...more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 11:24:34 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 16:13:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 13:20:31 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 13:49:15 -0700 2007
What happened? Did Emma drown? Or was she kidnapped? Are horrible t...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 17:31:18 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 18:55:02 -0700 2008 more...]]>