The Weight of Silence (Paperback)

from bachaney

"The Weight of Silence" Heather Gudenkauf's debut novel, is a real nail bitter, full of drama and suspense. In a small Iowa town, a young girl Callie has not spoken in 4 years. Callie awakes one morning and surprises her drunk father, who drags her into the woods. Callie's best friend also disapp...

from elliepotten

This wouldn't usually have been the kind of book I'd pick up to read, but since it is a TV Book Club pick I thought I'd follow that finest book club ethic and give it a go. It opens with two little girls, Petra and Calli, leaving their homes in the early morning. Calli, a selective mute who stopp...

from tututhefirst

Briefly (NO SPOILERS) Calli and Petra - BFFs- aged 7, go missing early one morning. Parents, police, and townspeople begin the search in the woods behind the girls houses, where they liked to wonder. Ben, aged 14, Calli's brother goes into the woods to search. Gudenkauf writes from knowledge of d...

from goose114

This is the story of two missing seven-year-old girls. The entire story takes place during one day and through the points-of-view of numerous characters. The main character Calli is one of the little girls missing and has not spoken in four years and no one knows why. As the mystery begins to unf...

from tututhefirst

Briefly (NO SPOILERS) Calli and Petra - BFFs- aged 7, go missing early one morning. Parents, police, and townspeople begin the search in the woods behind the girls houses, where they liked to wonder. Ben, aged 14, Calli's brother goes into the woods to search. Gudenkauf writes from knowledge of d...