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A tale about family—family secrets and vengeance, but also family love—All That Is Mine I Carry With Me masterfully grapples with a primal question: When does loyalty reach its limit?
One afternoon in November 1975, ten-year-old Miranda Larkin comes home from school to find her house eerily quiet. Her mother is missing. Nothing else is out of place. There is no sign of struggle. Her mom’s pocketbook remains in the front hall, in its usual spot.
So begins a mystery that will span a lifetime. What happened to Jane Larkin?
Investigators suspect Jane’s husband. A criminal defense attorney, Dan Larkin would surely be an expert in outfoxing the police.
But no evidence is found linking him to a crime, and the case fades from the public’s memory, a simmering, unresolved riddle. Jane’s three children—Alex, Jeff, and Miranda—are left to be raised by the man who may have murdered their mother.
Two decades later, the remains of Jane Larkin are found. The investigation is awakened. The children, now grown, are forced to choose sides. With their father or against him? Guilty or innocent? And what happens if they are wrong?
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3 stars and that's being generous. Dull dialogue that adds little to the story, a weak underwhelming plot. Very disappointed in this one as Defending Jacob was a favorite.
A good book that held my attention. I will be giving it a strong recommendation because I believe it will appeal to many readers.
As a reader I was compelled by Jeff and Miranda as the lost and broken children dealing with he disappearance of their mother. Did she leave them? Did their father have something to do with her disappearance? This novel follows them as they navigate life and make choices to survive the loss in their life.
The ending was surprising and worth the build up. Did I stay up late in the night to read to find out how it would be wrapped up? Yes I did!
Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.