A review by mrsjkamp
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard

3.0

Not thrilled with this one because it was extremely depressing. So many bad things happened in this family. The mom melted, the dad got sick, the oldest son goes haywire, the younger son goes missing for 9 years, and a daughter shows up. It's wishy-washy at the end with the kid, and that was supposed to be the conclusion. I don't know.. it was just very stressful. I am glad the child was alive, but it all happened by sheer coincidence. That made me feel weird about it because they had police looking. The lady who took him was known by the family, but she became way too ill to take care of even herself. The child had become very attached to his "father" though and feels torn between the two families. The whole thing was tremendously stressful and sad.