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Much more than a whodunit, although it fills that bill well, this is a richly layered tale of love, loss, and hope; a grim theme with a compelling and complex plot
As described in Publishers Weekly, "In 1975 Missouri, 13-year-old orphan Saint Brown and her scruffy, eye patch–wearing classmate, Patch Macauley, are drawing closer by the day when Patch’s disappearance rips them apart—setting in motion this lyrical, decades-spanning outing from Whitaker, which is both a riveting serial killer thriller and a heartrending love story. Patch is a thirteen-year-old born with one eye, so he wears an eye patch and imagines himself a pirate. He spots a masked man assaulting a girl in the woods. He attacks the man and saves her, but the predator kidnaps him instead. With deeply affecting characters and ambition to spare, Whitaker has conjured a dazzling epic that defies easy categorization. It’s astonishing.
Westlake Porter Public Library is an independent public library serving the residents of the city of Westlake, western Cuyahoga County and eastern Lorain County. The library is located at 27333 Center Ridge Road in Westlake, Ohio. Anyone who lives, works, owns property, or goes to school in Ohio can register for a free library card.
