Series: Cappadora Family
by Author Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
What a depressing book! I could actually say I have a lot in common with this book being#1 a bereaved parent (although my child died, he did not disappear)#2 being an adopted child who found and contacted the birth family as an adult and made an effort to fit into that family and have two familie...
No Time to Wave Goodbye No Time to Wave Goodbye (2009)
This sequel to The Deep End of the Ocean (which I haven’t read), picks up the story of the Cappodora family 22 years after the kidnapping of Pat & Beth’s younger son, Sam/Ben, almost destroys them. After older son Vincent’s documentary on kidnappings wins an Oscar, Sam/Ben’s 6 month old daughter...
No Time to Wave Goodbye (2009)
spoiler alert - this book has a happy ending. it isn't the steven stayner story.mitchard left several questions unanswered at the end of the first book, namely what happened to each member of the family? did they have happy endings, at least bearable ones?the comparisons to stayner's story are ...