The Year We Disappeared: A Father-daughter Memoir

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This book was billed as a “father-daughter memoir,” and my daughter expressed interest in reading it. Thus, we decided to read it together. Multiple narrators give voice in this work, and authors are cycled in chapters between Cylin (the daughter) and John (the father). This is no normal father-d...

from dara85

Corruption in the police department leads to the attempted murder of John Busby. The family then lives in fear under armed guards, until they decide this is no way to live. Great book!

from LibraryCin

In 1979, Cylin was 9-years old. Her father, John, was police officer in a town in Massachusetts. He was shot in the face and survived, but - even though he was certain who was behind it - the police seemed to not be pursuing it. John believed the person behind the shooting was a local well-known ...

from LynnSigman

Very interesting - liked format with alternating chapters from father and daughter. Missed out on more detail at ending and maybe some pictures. Maybe for older teens.

from julieah

August 31, 1979, was a nightmare for the Busby family. John Busby, a police officer, was shot at a very close range on his way to work. He had been targeted by an arsonist who wanted revenge on John. The Year We Disappeared is an emotional memoir wrote by John and his daughter Cylin, who was nine...