· Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon. Published on Febru. December 3, by Sheila (Book Journey) Jake has always been a little quieter than the other children. He has always preferred to stay at home as a young child, and now at seventeen, Jake has only a few select friends. On the other hand Laney, his younger sister by two years has always been a social butterfly being able to Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. "Reardon, a freelance writer specializing in medical communications, beautifully captures the parental second-guessing that is magnified in times of crisis." - Booklist "Finding Jake is compelling psychological suspense - but also so much more. A journey into the depths of a parent's worst nightmare, it is at turns heartbreaking, surprising, devastating, hopeful. You'll remember Finding Jake from our previous post and when it was chosen as the #6 LibraryReads pick for February. Now, to celebrate his book's birthday, author Bryan Reardon has stopped by to share a few words. Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon tells the story of Jake Connolly and his father Simon/5.
Early in Reardon's moving, if at times maudlin first novel, Simon Connolly receives word of a shooting at the suburban Delaware high school attended by his two children. But worse news awaits: the police suspect his missing year-old son, Jake, of being one of the gunmen. As Simon and wife Rachel, a workaholic corporate attorney, try to push. Find Finding Jake by Reardon, Bryan at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Brilliantly paced, Finding Jake explores these questions in a tense and emotionally wrenching narrative. Harrowing and heartbreaking, surprisingly healing and redemptive, Finding Jake is a story of faith and conviction, strength, courage, and love that will leave readers questioning their own lives, and those they think they know.
Such is the story behind Finding Jake. Immediately after a shooting takes place at Jake's school, he is discovered to be missing. The gunman is a friend of Jake's and Doug is found dead with his weapon in the school after the pillage is over. Finding Jake. Bryan Reardon, HarperCollins. pp. ISBN Summary. A heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting story of psychological suspense in which a parent is forced to confront what he does—and does not—know about his teenage son. "Reardon, a freelance writer specializing in medical communications, beautifully captures the parental second-guessing that is magnified in times of crisis." - Booklist "Finding Jake is compelling psychological suspense - but also so much more. A journey into the depths of a parent's worst nightmare, it is at turns heartbreaking, surprising, devastating, hopeful.
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