false <![CDATA[The Weight of Silence]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255610155m/6335026.jpg 6335026 6 It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night.<P>Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who suffers from selective mutism brought on by tragedy that pulled her deep into silence as a toddler.<P>Calli's mother, Antonia, tried to be the best mother she could within the confines of marriage to a mostly absent, often angry husband. Now, though she denies that her husband could be involved in the possible abductions, she fears her decision to stay in her marriage has cost her more than her daughter's voice.<P>Petra Gregory is Calli's best friend, her soul mate and her voice. But neither Petra nor Calli has been heard from since their disappearance was discovered. Desperate to find his child, Martin Gregory is forced to confront a side of himself he did not know existed beneath his intellectual, professorial demeanor.<P>Now these families are tied by the question of what happened to their children. And the answer is trapped in the silence of unspoken family secrets. 6520850 book 1 8 2009 The Weight of Silence total:1132|5:249|4:520|3:280|2:71|1:12| 1132 4319 2535 336 3 2 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:02:05 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:18:57 -0700 2009 The stories of each character is very interesting.. Calli is my favorite, a 7-year old year who goes mute at around 4-years old and she becomes friends with Petra, who is her voice.
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I liked "The Weight of Silence." Heather Gudenkauf uses multiple voices (Antonia, Louis, Martin, Ben) and then third person for the selective-mute, Calli.

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Its about a 7 year old girl who is a selective mute. She wit...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 07:43:24 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 06:46:28 -0700 2009
The story's set in Iowa, so I have a soft spot for that. :)

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It's a story about two little girls who go missing, covering the experiences of both girls, and both girls' families.

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The writing is poor; the plethora ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 31 14:21:53 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 10:24:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6335026