DEEP END OF THE OCEAN [Import] (Paperback)

~ JACQUELYN MITCHARD (Author) "I only like the baby," Beth told her husband, as they stacked plastic bags and diaper bags, and duffel bags and camera bags, and Beth's..." (more)
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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Signet; 2nd THUS edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451186923
• ISBN-13: 978-0451186928
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (347 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,213,937 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A deep and emotional experience, August 18, 2007

By	J. A. Davis "jadecat" (Northern Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Deep End of the Ocean (Hardcover)

Even if you have seen the movie (by the same name), READ THIS BOOK. Mitchard weaves such a hauntingly beautiful tale about every family's nightmare and the aftermath. While checking into a hotel for a class reunion, Beth Cappadora turns around to realize that her 3-year-old son is gone. The first part of the book describes so many emotions that the family goes through: the shock, the horror, the frantic search, then the realization that life must go on. But how do you? In a split second, everything has changed, her relationship with her husband, the other children, as well as friends and neighbors. A bond develops with one of the officers who refuses to give up on this case. The ending is not what anyone expects and truly shows the strength and absolute beauty of a mother's love. Wonderfully paced, this is one of those rare stories which I will never forget.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, but Incomplete, March 8, 2002

By	E. Villarreal "marivigi" (Mexico City, Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book has over 400 pages of every parents WORST nightmare, and it goes into it in a way that is really diturbing... why?... because it could happen... and, it HAS happened.

I really don't think any of us has the slightest clue of how we would react to something as tragic and terrifying as that, and in my opinion, Jacquelyn Mitchard did an excellent job in describing what ONE MOTHER did, how she felt, and how all her world changed in 10 minutes.

I agree with some of the other reviewers... she's is not a highly likable character, but, under the circumstances, who would be?... She's not your picture perfect mother... but then again, no one is... still...the author makes you feel what she's feeling, even if you don't understand her... and her family.

The reason why I put 4 stars was that I felt the book was a bit incomplete, because we never find out so many things that in my opinion should have been explained... also... in the end, we really don't know what happened to the family, and after NINE years of KNOWING every single detail, it was a bit hard to let them go.

Over all, a good, entertaining, but extremelly frightening book. However, I would love to ask the author a few questions that remained unsolved...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars exciting and dramatic book, February 2, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Deep End of the Ocean (Hardcover)

I highly recommend reading The Deep End of the Ocean. Get everything that you need to do done, because once you start reading this book, you won't put it down. This book shows dramatic emotions of a family after a loss of their three-year old child. Beth Cappadora is in a hotel lobby in Chicago one day with her two sons Vincent and Ben, when suddenly, a mother's worst fear, when her three-year old son disappears into a crowd of people, seemingly with a trace. Nine years have passed, and Beth runs into a boy who would be the same age as Ben would be, and looks exactly like him. Could this be her lost son Ben? This book shows how a family can move on, even with such a sad tragedy in their lives. The Deep End of the Ocean is a wonderfully written story of ordinary people caught in a disaster. Surprising and stunning, this book is definitely one you will want to read.