The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
The genre of this book is non fiction and it is an autobiography. A cop who has a family is shot in the neck, head and face and he has to undergo serious surgery that may last years. His children, Eric, Shawn and Cylin become secluded from the world, due to the incident with their dad they are always under constant surveillance from cops. The children start to become very negative about the world around them, Eric and Shawn always got into fights with kids around them and Cylin was put into a special class and felt cut off from most of her friends.In this story I really liked Polly Busby. I really liked her because even though such tragic incidents happened with her husband she still kept an open mind and still received great grades in nursing school. Every character in the story was definitely real and their actions, thoughts and the way they spoke made the story seem so much more live. However for me, the story did not make me cry but I felt a lot of empathy for the Busby children. I really hate the fact that they had to go through all of that. The ending of this book was a great ending in my opinion. Not only did it show the drastic change between characters but it showed that their family got used to their life style after their father was shot but they were happy.In all though, this book is a very great book and I would recommend this book to everyone who loves real life cases and those who really love suspenseful stories. I personally don't like non fiction so this is probably the first non fiction book that I have read that I really liked. So basically, I have no other story I could compare this story. Read this story it's a very great book. This book documents the aftermath of an horrific crime on the victim and his family. The victim (Dad), and daughter Cylin tell the story in alternating chapters from very different points of view. This book held a lot of promise, but didn't really live up to it. John's chapters were pretty dry and sounded too much like police reports. Cylin's chapters were a bit more human, but as she was only nine, her chapters also weren't all that interesting.
What do You think about The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir (2008)?
Review by K.M.: "I liked it because it was based on a true story. I recommend it to crime readers."
—supertingly
Wow! Modern day mafia-like drama and it's impact on this family.
—Elissa
4 1/2 stars. Terrific memoir! I couldn't put the book down.
—spartanm317
