Waiting for Lindsay Book

Waiting for Lindsay is about a family whose teenage daughter, Lindsay, vanished one sunny day 34 years ago, during a trip to the local beach. As you can imagine, this devastated the family, none more so than her siblings and cousins who were playing on the beach with her the day she want missing. The book takes place mostly in the present and examines the relationships between the family members. With many of the characters being young when this event took place, it seemed that no-one really wanted to discuss with them what had happened, leaving them all with unresolved questions and feelings of guilt.

Perhaps because she was really the main female character, the character I liked most was Annie. She seemed a real lynchpin for the family and there for anyone who needed her, despite her own disappointments in life. I can't say I agreed with all her decisions, particularly when it came to her husband who I really did not like. However, I felt that Moira Forsyth wrote about her very perceptively.

This is not so much about what happened to Lindsay but the story of a family on hold, waiting for resolution. All of a sudden several events occur which make the family finally start to talk to each other and share thoughts, fears and secrets. It seemed to me that this would be the beginning of the family finally starting to heal. With well-drawn characters, Waiting for Lindsay is insightful and compelling, an exploration of family dynamics when that family has a part missing.