the mourning hours by paula treick deboard

While readers will want to know what happened to Stacy, what most compels is the observant Kirsten's account of how a small town and a family disintegrate under the weight of the tragedy.

Kirsten Hammarstrom hasnt been home to her tiny corner of rural. by Paula Treick Deboard in Literature and Fiction in. VDOMDHTMLtml> The Mourning Hours - Paula Treick DeBoard - Google Books A familys loyalty is put to the ultimate test.

In the aftermath, gossip, lies, and innuendo take a heavy toll on the Hammarstrom family. The Mourning Hours Paula Treick DeBoard 3.90 4,182 ratings604 reviews A familys loyalty is put to the ultimate test in this haunting and unforgettable debut. Tautly written and beautifully evocative, The Mourning Hours is a gripping portrayal of a family straining against extraordinary pressure, and a powerful tale of loyalty, betrayal and forgiveness. When Stacy goes missing, Johnny, the last person to see her, becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance. During an elementary school softball game, angelic 16-year-old Stacy Lemke introduces herself to nine-year-old Kirsten and expresses an interest in Kirsten's older brother, Johnny, a high school wrestling star. The officer's request for her license makes Kirsten nervous because he's old enough to remember the case that put the name Hammarstrom on the front page of every Wisconsin newspaper years earlier. Berkeley professor Kirsten Hammarstrom is driving home to Watankee, Wis., when a cop outside Milwaukee pulls her over for speeding. 2014 Paula Treick DeBoard (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Tautly written and beautifully evocative, The Mourning Hours is a gripping portrayal of a family straining against extraordinary pressure, and a powerful tale of loyalty, betrayal, and forgiveness.Assured storytelling propels DeBoard's first novel. Tautly written and beautifully evocative, The Mourning Hours is a gripping portrayal of a family straining against extraordinary pressure, and a powerful tale of loyalty, betrayal, and forgiveness. Now, years later, a new tragedy forces Kirsten and her siblings to return home, where they must confront the devastating event that shifted the trajectory of their lives.

No one knows what to believe-not even those closest to Johnny-but the event unhinges the quiet farming community and pins Kirsten's family beneath the crushing weight of suspicion. Kirsten was just nine years old when Stacy Lemke went missing, and the last person to see her alive was her boyfriend, Johnny-the high school wrestling star and Kirsten's older brother. Kirsten Hammarstrom hasnât been home to her tiny corner of rural. Kirsten Hammarstrom hasn't been home to her tiny corner of rural Wisconsin in years-not since the mysterious disappearance of a local teenage girl rocked the town and shattered her family. VDOMDHTMLtml> The Mourning Hours - Paula Treick DeBoard - Google Books A familyâs loyalty is put to the ultimate test. A family's loyalty is put to the ultimate test in this haunting and unforgettable debut.

The mourning hours by paula treick deboard