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Finding Jake - Bryan P. Reardon
Finding Jake
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A heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting story of psychological suspense in which a parent is forced to confront what he does—and does not—know about his teenage son, in the vein of Reconstructing Amelia, Defending Jacob, and We Need to Talk about Kevin.While his successful wife goes off to her... show more
A heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting story of psychological suspense in which a parent is forced to confront what he does—and does not—know about his teenage son, in the vein of Reconstructing Amelia, Defending Jacob, and We Need to Talk about Kevin.While his successful wife goes off to her law office each day, Simon Connolly takes care of their kids, Jake and Laney. Now that they are in high school, the angst-ridden father should feel more relaxed, but he doesn't. He’s seen the statistics, read the headlines. And now, his darkest fear is coming true. There has been a shooting at school. Simon races to the rendezvous point, where he’s forced to wait. Do they know who did it? How many victims were there? Why did this happen? One by one, parents are led out of the room to reunite with their children. Their numbers dwindle, until Simon is alone.As his worst nightmare unfolds, and Jake is the only child missing, Simon begins to obsess over the past, searching for answers, for hope, for the memory of the boy he raised, for mistakes he must have made, for the reason everything came to this. Where is Jake? What happened in those final moments? Is it possible he doesn’t really know his son? Or he knows him better than he thought?Brilliantly paced, Finding Jake explores these questions in a tense and emotionally wrenching narrative. Harrowing and heartbreaking, surprisingly healing and redemptive, Finding Jake is a story of faith and conviction, strength, courage, and love that will leave readers questioning their own lives, and those they think they know.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780062339485 (0062339486)
ASIN: 62339486
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Adult, Contemporary
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My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it
4.0 Finding Jake
Told in alternating chapters, I was more inquisitive about what was going to transpire in this novel than the suspense that I originally thought this novel would hold. I think it had something to do with the chapters being broken up with the current events being told and then in the next chapter, we...
JDCMustReadBooks
JDCMustReadBooks rated it
4.0 Finding Jake
By Bryan ReardonISBN: 0062339486 Publisher: William & MorrowPublication Date: 2/24/2015 Format: Other My Rating: 4 Stars FINDING JAKE by Bryan Reardon is a compelling and heartfelt parent’s tragedy; a psychological intense suspense, keeping you page-turning to learn the fate of a teenage son. Si...
willemite
willemite rated it
4.0 Finding Jake
Life is kind of like that, picking the memories you want to frame. We all have an idea of how it should be, all smiles and swing sets. There are the more unsavory moments that we leave in the box stashed up in the darker parts of our psyche. We know they exist but we don
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