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Heather Gudenkauf: The Weight of Silence
(The whisper of silence)

. .. an emotionally deep story about the nightmare of all parents, which is told with an incredible amount of compassion and honesty. Heather Gudenkauf weaves an explosive story about the exciting and ultimately healing power of love. "

When I was at Book Reporter the review for this title read, I decided spontaneously, a written-off genre but still take a chance.. the crime Something remembered in the summary at me "Twin Peaks" and "Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel Now I have the book with the pretty & pastel Nostalgia cover read. My conclusion: Freaks. Oh, not the crime. So bad he was not. Many reviewers and readers, he seemed to have very much. I mean the part with "Twin Peaks".

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In the early morning hours, two girls from their parents reported almost simultaneously missing. Cali and Petra have simply disappeared from their rooms at night, evidence of forced entry or abduction are not available. Cali and Petra are best friends and everything, because Cali is suffering from selective mutism and left off years ago with speaking. Petra be desired for the miraculous gift of Cali quite understand without words, and acts as its mouthpiece. Between friends there is therefore a very special relationship, which makes the impending tragedy seem more dramatic and emotionally charged.

The parents of the missing girls got understandably panicked and immediately begin the search. At first, it still looks as if they had broken up Cali and Petra together in the adjacent forest. During the investigation turns out, however, that the two cases, there is no connection and the police there has to do with two different perpetrators. When a suspect Calis father gets into the focus of police investigations: Not a pleasant man, an alcoholic with a penchant for domestic violence.

And if it was not him, then maybe Calis brother Ben? He has played ever so well with the girls. Somehow unnatural to find Petra's parents and promptly start a hate campaign against Calis family looking straight even for a missing child. Fear for the lives of the girls is spreading and obscured the view of some stakeholders on what actually happened. It comes, as it must: At the end of the evil dies - even if he is not the culprit was ... And the girls appear again.

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Unfortunately, directs Gudenkauf suspect so vehemently to Calis father that it is clear: He can not be it. It would also be quite pointless to use the real culprit as the main suspects. On the other hand, however, an extremely clever move, you look as a CSI-trained reader finally always in the back row, from the silent characters, after the villain.

And right there in hiding, the person , Petra kidnapped, sexually abused and accidentally leaves alive. Too bad that this person after the first third so obviously stands out from the staff. Figuratively speaking, the one who runs with a poster over the place, written in the uppercase is. "! ICH WAR'S"

highlight commend I want the narrative solution Gudenkauf for her, especially in the USA hugely successful debut novel has chosen. The narrative task they can not be a central narrator, but distributes it to six persons directly involved: Cali, Cali native, Ben, Petra, Petra's father and the sheriff. describe in rapid succession them from their point of view first, the external development of the case, on the other their own personal perceptions and feelings. This perspective allows the reader an unusual and exclusive insights into the emotional life of people in crisis situations - very fine.

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"The Weight of Silence" is a book I would recommend to my mother, Jodi Picoult-readers ("Jodi Picoult has some serious competition in Heather Gudenkauf "is aptly prominently on the cover read too late ...) In other words -. one moment please, I quick turn times just in the mode marketing talk - a warm and sensitive story told about the disappearance of two girls. A moving family saga, a moving love story. ! With striking twists and a surprise ending

not understand Please wrong: I have nothing against my mother and Jodi Picoult-reader. I have another, and I mean really not a better , taste. Warm books I personally just do not, at least not when they are warm in a predictable manner and are located so that the intensity level of emotions should trigger 5 (of 5) on the run.

Who would even try it without obligation to the book, will find an excerpt in German.