It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn''s shimmering light
drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their
little girls have gone missing in the night.
Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who
suffers from selective mutism brought on by tragedy that pulled her
deep into silence as a toddler.
Calli''s mother, Antonia, tried to be the best mother she could
within the confines of marriage to a mostly absent, often angry
husband. Now, though she denies that her husband could be involved
in the possible abductions, she fears her decision to stay in her
marriage has cost her more than her daughter''s voice.
Petra Gregory is Calli''s best friend, her soul mate and her
voice. But neither Petra nor Calli has been heard from since their
disappearance was discovered. Desperate to find his child, Martin
Gregory is forced to confront a side of himself he did not know
existed beneath his intellectual, professorial demeanor.
Now these families are tied by the question of what happened to
their children. And the answer is trapped in the silence of
unspoken family secrets.