This received a strong review in the NYT. I wouldn't say it didn't deserve it, only that I was less impacted than the reviewer. At age 12, Lois and Carly May are kidnapped and driven across country by a stranger who keeps them in a cabin in the woods for months. They are reunited as adult women when a film is made about their story. An unusual plot keeps the reader guessing, or at least head-scratching, throughout. Mitchell has given a lot of thought to female sexual power and she makes sharp observations about beauty and attraction. Very smart, even if it occasionally misses the mark in terms of suspense and plotting.
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