Missing

by Rouse, Rose

• ISBN13: 9781844548408
• ISBN10: 1844548406
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: John Blake

Summary

It is every person'sparticularly every parent'sworst nightmare. For a loved one to walk out through the front door and never to return is one of the most heartbreaking, terrifying, and harrowing experiences someone can go through. Not to know the fate of a person close to you is simply agonizingdid they choose to disappear, were they involved in an accident, or did something even worse befall them? Every day, staggering numbers of people go missing. Most return within 72 hours but there many are never seen again. Some are students who take off to distant countries without telling their parents and then disappear; some are husbands who have left to come to terms with their own problems; some are runaways, others missing parents. In this compelling book, journalist Rose Rouse is granted exclusive access to the mothers, brothers, sons, wives, sisters, and daughters of those who have vanished without trace. Rouse shares in the turmoil that they have endured in their quest to be reunited with those who have disappeared from their lives. These are amazing stories of people who have moved heaven and earth to find their loved ones.

Author Biography

Rose Rouse is a journalist for such publications as the Daily Express, The Face, and The Guardian.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
Madeleine McCann	p. 1
I Miss My Sweet, Gorgeous Son	p. 19
I Just Want My Husband to Come Home	p. 37
Why Hasn't Anyone Found My Mum?	p. 55
I Loved My Mum and Dad, but I Missed My Birth Parents	p. 67
My Son Did Not Run Away From Home	p. 89
I Didn't Know If My Little Girl Was Dead or Alive	p. 107
I Found My Dad 30 Years Later	p. 121
We've Never Stopped Waiting For You To Walk In	p. 139
My Big Brother Is Out There Somewhere, Living Like a Saint	p. 153
My Dream Came True When I Found My Half-Brothers	p. 173
I Ran Away and Hated It	p. 191
Your Mother and I Think About You Every Day	p. 205
I Was Reunited with My Mother and We're So Alike	p. 217
Epilogue	p. 233
Resources and Helplines	p. 238
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