Journal Entry 1 by Lizabeth86 from Middletown, Connecticut USA on Tuesday, December 07, 2010

From Publishers Weekly
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.  

Journal Entry 2 by Lizabeth86 at Middletown, Connecticut USA on Wednesday, April 27, 2011

I read this book back in December and really loved it. Hard to read at times because of its intensity but a well written story. Never read anything by this author before.  

Journal Entry 3 by Lizabeth86 at Middletown, Connecticut USA on Tuesday, January 17, 2012

mailed to Boomda181 on 1/17/2012.