Missing

by Rouse, Rose

• ISBN13: 9781844544974
• ISBN10: 1844544974
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• 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.