The Disappearance

<p><I>Georgia 1972</I>. After Helen Harmon drops her three children off at school andher husband Jerry leaves for his job as a security guard at the state prisonshe heads to her office at the Winkler Outdoor Advertising Company inValdosta Georgia-and is never heard from again.</p><p>The Harmon family can't believe that Helen would simply vanish but thethought of foul play is just too horrible to contemplate. Weeks and monthspass and the family comes to slowly realize that something horrendous andtragic happened the summer of 1972.</p><p>Helen and Jerry's son thirteen-year-old Harold takes the loss especiallyhard. Since his father is an emotional wreck and his older sister moves awayHarold takes on the heavy responsibility of helping his younger sister copewith the loss. But his mother's inexplicable disappearance haunts him. If hecould only have the closure that every person who loses a loved one needsand wants maybe he could somehow get on with his life.</p><p>Harold grows to maturity still longing for the mystery to be solved eventhough it appears to be hopeless. But when a startling discovery is made bytwo brothers it ignites a community's mandate for the truth sending Haroldon a quest to uncover the long-buried reality for himself.</p>