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The House on Glass Beach #2.4
a bridge between
Feeling happy but lonely when Tammy's family gains three new members: Monty, Walter, and Baby Jennafer, Jamie remembers Lloyd, his adoptive father, and a promise Lloyd made to his lifelong friend and partner Derek, to find the little boy who was stolen from them decades ago. Now Lloyd and Derek are both gone, both having died without ever knowing what happened to their son. Jamie decides to fulfill Lloyd's deepest wish, and begins a search that will reveal secrets about Lloyd, Derek, the missing son, and about Jamie himself.
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First published January 1, 2015
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Laura Susan Johnson
15 books58 followersLaura Susan Johnson has been writing since age eleven, cutting her teeth on tales of the family pets. Aside from writing, Laura Susan enjoys quilting, playing around with colorful makeup, clothing and hair colors, web design, and vegan cooking. She resides in California, Idaho, Arkansas, and the northern coast of Oregon.
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August 27, 2015
2.5 stars
I was really moved by the first book Crush in this series, so I loved getting another glimpse of Jamie and Tammy. It was good to see them so solid and happy in their marriage. But this short story had a lot of other characters mentioned, in several different states and at varying points in the timeline, so I found it a tad confusing at times trying to piece together how each and every one of these characters was ultimately connected to Jamie's (or Joe William's) past. And then we discovered so many of them had tragedies of their own involving abuse, rape and even a serial killer. It was just a bit too much for such a short story. It also felt like Jamie's search for Joe William was resolved a little too quickly, by simple phone calls to numbers he found in Lloyd's notes/investigation. If Lloyd, who was a police officer, had talked to many of these same people, why wasn't he able to find out where his own adopted son ended up? And what was with Lloyd keeping secrets from Jamie about his family? Seemed uncharacteristic for him.
Overall, it wasn't quite what I expected but I'm still glad I read it.
I was really moved by the first book Crush in this series, so I loved getting another glimpse of Jamie and Tammy. It was good to see them so solid and happy in their marriage. But this short story had a lot of other characters mentioned, in several different states and at varying points in the timeline, so I found it a tad confusing at times trying to piece together how each and every one of these characters was ultimately connected to Jamie's (or Joe William's) past. And then we discovered so many of them had tragedies of their own involving abuse, rape and even a serial killer. It was just a bit too much for such a short story. It also felt like Jamie's search for Joe William was resolved a little too quickly, by simple phone calls to numbers he found in Lloyd's notes/investigation. If Lloyd, who was a police officer, had talked to many of these same people, why wasn't he able to find out where his own adopted son ended up? And what was with Lloyd keeping secrets from Jamie about his family? Seemed uncharacteristic for him.
Overall, it wasn't quite what I expected but I'm still glad I read it.
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