Young love leads to tragic consequences……….

 

The Hammarstrom family is a normal and average family. Hard-working with a son, Johnny, who is gifted with sports and two daughters, Emilie and Kirsten.

 

Then Stacy Lemke walks into their life- and nothing is the same after that.

 

Kirsten meets Stacy at one of Johnny’s games and instantly likes her. Likes her looks, the way she smiles. So when Johnny and Stacy slowly begin to see each other- Kirsten and the family are happy. As Johnny and Stacy get more serious, though, his parents begin to get concerned about their relationship. Johnny’s parents try to convince him to slow things down with Stacy- there’ll be plenty of time for serious relationships.

 

Johnny doesn’t listen, though.

 

One snowy night Johnny and Stacy go to dinner and a movie. When Johnny is late for curfew, people are concerned. But Johnny returns home and he explains that the vehicle slipped off the road into a snowy ditch and that Stacy was at her house- having walked home since they were close to her house when it happened.

 

Except….. Stacy never returned home that night.

 

What happens next is a tale of the athletic  golden-boy being dethroned and a family attempting to deal with town’s accusations that Johnny knows what happened to Stacy. As days and weeks go by- the town hungers to know what happened to Stacy. The Hammarstrom family would like to know, as well. Time passes and the family begins to derail. What was once a happy family is broken. Rumors and accusations tear the family apart.

 

Years later, a tragedy brings the family back together. During this time, the Hammastrom family learns more about hwat happened that fateful snowy night that changed their world forever.

 

Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

Interesting. Especially interesting is that the majority of the books is detailed from Kirsten’s 9 year old understanding of things. Like a mystery with a family drama? This is the book for you!

 

*This book was requested through Netgalley. All above thoughts and opinions are mine alone.