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A review by abigailbat
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by John Busby, Cylin Busby
5.0
In this book, daughter Cylin and father John share the story of what happened to their family in 1979 when John, a police officer, was shot in the head. John wasn't killed, but the bottom of his jaw was shot off and he had a long, painful recovery ahead of him. Worse was the fact that he was certain that the man behind his attempted murder was a local criminal who thought he had the police force in his pocket. John refused to give in to this man's threats and as a result he almost lost his life and his family was put in danger.
The really neat thing about this book is that you get two different perspectives. John writes his story - his painful recovery and crippling anger and frustration at an investigation that went much too slowly. Cylin writes her story - constant fear that her dad might die or that someone might be coming to kill her too, social ostracism because police officers followed her wherever she went.
I found it totally compelling and didn't want to put it down. Highly recommended for high schoolers and adults.
Read more on my blog:
http://abbylibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/02/book-review-year-we-disappeared.html
The really neat thing about this book is that you get two different perspectives. John writes his story - his painful recovery and crippling anger and frustration at an investigation that went much too slowly. Cylin writes her story - constant fear that her dad might die or that someone might be coming to kill her too, social ostracism because police officers followed her wherever she went.
I found it totally compelling and didn't want to put it down. Highly recommended for high schoolers and adults.
Read more on my blog:
http://abbylibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/02/book-review-year-we-disappeared.html