The novel, what she knew by, Gilly Macmillan
It’s a book that gave me chills and made me cry.
A mother and her young 8 year old child goes on a daily walk through the woods with their small dog that her son got for Christmas. That Christmas was one of the worst for everyone because her husband at the time walked out on them and is now married to a younger beautiful women. With hatred in her heart. Her mind becomes cloudy and she doesn’t realized how hard her son has been taking it but someone has and now thinks she’s a bad mother. While her son convince her to let him run ahead. She makes a phone call to kill time. By the time she arrives to the swing her son is not there. At first she thinks its a game but after a while she is seen screaming for help, calling her son name BEN!!! From the beginning she is called a bad mother for letting her son run ahead. As detectives dont get any closer everyone becomes a suspect. Including Rachel (Mother) sister. With press coming unnoticeable, days seem longer and with everyday that goes by her son is still not closer to becoming found. Who has him? and why? It was under my nose and I cant believe I didn’t even notice it. Its the very end that has you glued. Its like you can almost taste the answer who wanted to know from the beginning… WHERE IS BEN? Its that moment everyone has their suspicion, The mom, the cops. Its that moment no one saw or could believe it was……..
