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After Etan: The Missing Child Case that Held America Captive
by
Lisa R. Cohen (Goodreads Author)
On the morning of May 25, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz left his apartment to go to his school bus stop. It was the first time he walked the two short blocks on his own.
But he never made it to school that day. He vanished somewhere between his home and the bus stop, and was never seen again.
The search for Etan quickly consumed the downtown Manhattan neighborhood...more
But he never made it to school that day. He vanished somewhere between his home and the bus stop, and was never seen again.
The search for Etan quickly consumed the downtown Manhattan neighborhood...more
Hardcover, 379 pages
Published
May 7th 2009
by Grand Central Publishing
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The tragedy that is the legacy of poor Etan Patz, of course, is the public awareness of a burgeoning problem - missing and exploited children. Every May 25th is known in the United States as National Missing Children's Day, and has been since 1983 - four years to the day when six-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to school from the two-block span between his New York home and the bus stop, all within a ten-minute time frame.
He was wearing his "Future Flight Captain" h...more
He was wearing his "Future Flight Captain" h...more
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This is Lisa Cohen's first book. I'm not sure she's quite found her way around writing prose, as sometimes it seems like she was borrowing styles from a number of other writers. Her use of metaphor and simile was sometimes startling and sometimes almost embarrassing.
BUT she is a wonderful storyteller. The way she wove the story was impeccable even if the language left a bit to be desired. She was there for a majority of these events, and her extensive research on the bits she missed ...more
BUT she is a wonderful storyteller. The way she wove the story was impeccable even if the language left a bit to be desired. She was there for a majority of these events, and her extensive research on the bits she missed ...more
Reporter Lisa Cohen, who's been covering the Etan Patz disappearance for years now, has put together a very impressive account of the investigation with all its twists and turns. Though the book covers thirty years, the story never drags, and I stayed up and sacrificed precious sleep to get through it, although I knew already how it ended -- or didn't end, as it were. Etan Patz has never been found and the prime suspect in his disappearance, a thoroughly creepy pedophile named Jose Antonio Ramos...more
Etan Patz is taken from his home in New York in 1979, and the search for Etan will change the way that missing children are handled. Etan's disappearance and the attempts to bring him home are long and entailed from the beginning to what can be conceived as a resolution. The portion involving his family falls by the wayside it seems when GraBois' investigation begins to take shape. It would have been nice to tie the family back in, but the fact that the family is trying to get past the kidnap...more
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'True crime' is not the type of book that normally interests me, but this particular book caught my attention because I distinctly remember the fliers with Etan's cute face on them plastered everywhere in New York City in 1979 when I went there to visit for the first time.
And now that I have read this book, I wouldn't consider it to be 'true crime.' It is so much more than that. For me, it was a real page-turner and a book that I hated to have to put down.
And now that I have read this book, I wouldn't consider it to be 'true crime.' It is so much more than that. For me, it was a real page-turner and a book that I hated to have to put down.
Truly compelling and an easy though unsettling read. I learned a lot about how public consciousness about missing children has changed. I need to find some good non-fiction about the Atlanta Child Murders, I think. They were referenced here and I read a lot about them when reading These Bones Are Not My Child but I'd like to see more from the ground.
One of those books which confirms that truth is stranger than fiction. What a very sad story of a beautiful little boy who was abducted the first time ever that he walked to the school bus stop alone. The obvious murderer is so sleezy and crafty that he still to this day has not admitted his crime. The greatest emotion I felt throughout was extreme empathy for the parents and their eternal suffering due to their loss.
At times, the details might have gotten a little confusing, and it s...more
At times, the details might have gotten a little confusing, and it s...more
Very well done book about 1979's Etan Patz case. The missing NY 6 year old who inspired the kids on the milk carton efforts and the center for missing and exploited children etc. Terrifically sad but also inspiring. Left even a non-parent like me in tears.
Jacquie
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Please, read this book. It is the story of the disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979 and what follows. It, again, deals with the feelings and scenarios we're all scared to imagine. But it is well written and one of those stories you can't put down.
Interesting account of the Etan Patz case from 1979. A little boy disappeared on his way to the school bus stop in NYC. This case brought the issue of missing and kidnapped children to national awareness. I was living and teaching in the city at the time and not long after this case, one of the students in my school also disappeared; his body was found not long after while that of Etan was never found. Engrossing depiction of the case, and it brought back memories of the city's reaction to the i...more
This book is a thoughtful and comprehensive description of what happened after a child went missing on his way to school in 1979; before the various programs for missing and exploited children.
Well written story of what happen to Etan's family, law enforcement personnel, national agencies and law after 6 year old Etan went missing in 1979.
This is a well written book. The author did a great job of researching this case. My heart breaks for Etan's parents and Etan as well.
Very good, well written, sad but very interesting about law enforcement, missing children, and the law.
absolute horror story very well written fast read it was a very unfortunate story
A thorough and chilling and suspenseful book about a horrible event. Cohen keeps the narrative going in a compelling fashion within letting herself get bogged down in what at one point she calls the "ick" factor of her subject matter. She celebrates the heroes of the book (Etan's parents, federal prosecutor Stuart GraBois) rather than sensationalizing the perpetrator. Another reviewer put it much better than I could--I don't know about Cohen's writing style, per se, but--perhaps based ...more
A little too "wordy." Interesting story nonetheless.
Read in 2009
Fascinating to read the beginning of the missing children on the milk boxes. I can't imagine the pain of these families.
I thought this book was well written, never heard of this missing boy and made me think of a lot of things especially with my own kids. Great read, very interested to see what happens in 2014. Thanks jul for the recommendation.
Sad story but a very good history of the case. I hope that Etan's family will see justice done very soon.
I'm putting this book down without finishing it, which is unusual for me. The author is painfully talentless.
Good book, I really thought they were going to get the bad guy in the end!
Jeff
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Jen
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