Many thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Riverhead Books for gifting me a digital ARC of this wonderful book by Liz Moore. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 5 stars!
In August 1975, a teenager camper is discovered missing from her bunk at summer camp in the Adirondack Mountains. However, Barbara is also the daughter of the family that owns the camp and this isn't the first time that a Van Laar child has gone missing. Barbara's older brother disappeared 14 years ago and has never been found, nor has their family been the same since. A panicked search begins.
This story draws you in slowly until you can't put it down. Told from multiple POV and timelines, we hear from. Louise, camp counselor,; Tracy, Barbara's bunkmate; Barbara's mother, Alice; and a young police investigator, Judyta, who was a wonderful character you'll be rooting for. This is an ambitious book but it is brilliant in execution, with multiple mysteries spanning generations. It is richly atmospheric - I live in the foothills of the Adirondacks, and loved all the local mentions, and the deep woods add another mysterious element, complete with a few ghost stories. It also delves into classism, sexism, motherhood, especially in the time periods covered in this book. The ending was pitch perfect. Highly recommended and a must read this summer!
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