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Ben Cappadora, three, disappears during a routine family visit in Chicago, sparking a nationwide search that fails to locate him. The unsolved mystery fractures the Cappadora household: mother Beth is left in relentless, sleepless anguish, and her marriage to Pat deteriorates despite his deep kindness. Their older son Vincent, once a bright youth, turns into a troubled delinquent, desperately seeking answers amid the silence that grips the family. Years later, after moving back to Chicago to start a family restaurant, an unexpected event shakes the remnants of the Cappadoraipp family, offering a glimmer of hope and a possible resolution to the decades‑long trauma.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Jacquelyn Mitchard
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