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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  sskwire | Sep 15, 2009 |  Flat characters, unbelievably bad police work, boring. (  ) jjs6791 | Jul 24, 2009 | Moving story of how differently love can be manifested by people...with disastrous consequences. Easy to read but still powerful. (  ) bfolds | Jul 22, 2009 | A little girl makes a trip to the library to return some books and never returns home. Every time Lee Martin writes a book it's the best of the year. It is extremely touching and suspenseful. (  ) ajewell | Apr 7, 2009 | Evidently, this book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, which surprised me somewhat. The town and locals of that era were painted very well, and I could see the "light" and feel the heat of the days covered by the story. The story is told by several narrators, and each has a recognizable voice, and they tell the story well. There is some jumping around in time, but it is still easy to follow. It illustrates how one tiny thing...Gilley tattling that his sister didn't return her library books...can trigger a whole series of events. However, there wasn't going to be a good outcome in this situation. Obsession rarely has a good end. It was a good read, but not as spectacular as I might have expected. (  ) PermaSwooned | Apr 4, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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I grew up in the Midwest. I was a little girl on a bike, riding to the library. I know the world of this novel, and Lee Martin got it exactly right. (