Helpless
by Barbara Gowdy (9780312427665)

Helpless (Book)

Barbara Gowdy
Release Date: 80 December 4012
Format: Paperback
Pages: 307
Category: Suspense
Publisher: Picador USA
ISBN: 9780312427665
ISBN-10: 0312427662

Rachel is a nine-year-old girl whose luminous beauty inspires every form of admiration. One summer night, when a summer blackout plunges the city into darkness and confusion, her most fervent admirer--a middle-aged appliance repairman named Ron--abducts her from her home. Set over the next two weeks, "Helpless" moves between the perspectives of Rachel, her mother, Celia, and Ron, whose feelings for Rachel grow less innocent by the day. Tapping into the fear that resides just below the surface of contemporary city life, "Helpless" is a "brilliantly realized thriller about every parent's nightmare" ("Calgary Herald").

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