Audio Book Review: The Year of Fog

Title: The Year of Fog
Author: Michelle Richmond
Rating: 4.5 of 5 STARS
Finished: April 1
Own: No, checked out of library
Why chosen: Looked interesting

"HERE IS the truth, this is what I know: we were walking on Ocean Beach, hand in hand. It was a summer morning, cold, July in San Francisco. The fog lay white and dense over the sand and ocean–an enveloping mist so thick I could see only a few feet in front of me."

Really enjoyed this book! The Year of Fog opens with a woman, a photographer, walking on Ocean Beach in San Francisco with her fiance's young daughter. The girl disappears, and the rest of the book tells the story of the ensuing search and the subsequent unraveling of her relationship with girl's father. There's a lot of focus in this book on memory, because the main character is trying to remember all the tiny details surrounding the child's disappearance on the chance of finding clues that may lead to her recovery. Also, I loved the insight into photography.

I read some of the reviews on Amazon for this book. Most were very favorable, but the ones that weren't complained of the slow pace of the book. Listening to it, I didn't feel that way, but I could see how the book might have been a little slow. I would definitely recommend listening to this book. Good story. Good writing.

Excerpt from the end of the book:

He's looking at a car pulling into the next space. I remember the car, a beat-up Chevy going too fast. In photo, if one is inclined to look for such things, one can see a father in action, a father in control. He is aware at once of exactly where his daughter is, exactly where the car is. He does not take his hand off the child. Nor does he take his eyes off the car. In every moment his is alert to potential dangers. And there, in Emma's profile, is another piece of the story. She is aware of on thing only: her father whom she trusts completely.

A wonder picture of our Heavenly Father taking care of His child and the child looking only to the Father.