Description
Missing People is an intense domestic drama, filled with acutely observed, damaged characters, and is framed as a resonant thriller.At the age of seventeen, Etta Messenger stepped from a school bus in a seemingly safe Chicago suburb and never reached her front door. Six years later Etta's mother, Meg, has organized a memorial service to mark the painful anniversary. Newton, Etta's high school sweetheart, a disabled Afghanistan veteran with anger issues, uses the impending anniversary as an excuse to spin out of control.
Charlie, Etta's earnest blue-collar father, takes stock of his life and is reminded how he failed to protect his daughter. Her younger brother, Townes, who is convinced he drove his sister away, has his fragile hermetic cocoon threatened by the heightened emotions of the day. On the day of the memorial, a snowstorm threatens the city and a chance observation on a commuter train entangles Townes in a dangerous situation that recalls the events surrounding Etta's disappearance.
Missing People explores the contemporary American family. It is rich with insights into what makes men and women tick, issues of identity and memory, longing and loss and the role of the individual as part of a family. It will force you to take a serious look at the stories we tell ourselves, and others, about who we are and what we need to be whole.
Missing People explores the contemporary American family. It is rich with insights into what makes men and women tick, issues of identity and memory, longing and loss and the role of the individual as part of a family. It will force you to take a serious look at the stories we tell ourselves, and others, about who we are and what we need to be whole.
ISBN:9781507200513
