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Songs For the Missing

Robin Nesbitt – Library Journal: Kim Larsen just graduated from high school and is spending her last summer working at the Conoco station and hanging out with her friends before heading off to college. But one day, she doesn't show up for work, and her bed is still empty the next morning. As her parents frantically begin searching for her, posting missing posters, working with a detective, and leading volunteers through the woods, the cold reality of the loss sinks in. Kim's younger sister, Lindsay, the bookish band geek, tries to help hunt for Kim but is caught up in her own storm of emotions. O'Nan (Last Night at the Lobster) has created a compelling portrait of what happens to both a family and a community when someone goes missing. The grief, worry, and hope surges up and down as good and bad news arrives, giving those of us lucky enough not to face this kind of loss a glimpse of what it must be like to have one's life turned upside down in a matter of days. Recommended for most public libraries.