Theme

            One theme in this book was that family really is everything. When something tragic happens, like Susie’s abduction, family is always there. For the Salmon family, they were each other’s rocks. After Abigail, Susie’s mother, leaves the rest of the family becomes closer than ever. Lindsey and Jack have a more father-daughterly bond than they ever had before.

            For George Harvey, he doesn’t have that family connection with anyone. Not that not having a family will make you rape and kill young women. But maybe Harvey always longed for that family connection, or a wife of his own so he needed someone.

            Everybody needs somebody, and this book is a great example of that for the reason that without each other or some type of family support, nobody could’ve healed or grieved properly. Having a tight bond with someone, like a father or sibling, is something major for someone healing from something so traumatic. When Abigail left she did it because she didn’t know how to handle what had happened to her daughter. It didn’t take her long to come back, knowing her kids needed a mother and she needed her kids.