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Ava is a divorced, single mom with a 12-year old son. It's the 50's, and the threat of Communism and bombs keep everyone on edge and slightly paranoid. It doesn't help that Ava is Jewish, attractive, and works outside the home, isolating her even further from her neighbors. She is more concerned with creating a better life for herself and her son than pleasing her neighbors, so when one of the other boys in the neighborhood goes missing, a boy who was known to spend time at her house, her life becomes even more subject to gossip and negative speculation. This book kept me hooked chapter after chapter, desperate to find out what happened to the missing child and also wondering how Ava would fare in the end.
