The Weight Of Silence

Heather Gudenkauf

Dec 2009 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

‘Fans of Jodi Picoult will devour this’
Red magazine

‘Deeply moving and exquisitely lyrical, this is a powerhouse of a debut novel’
Tess Gerritsen

‘Two little girls are missing. Both are seven years old and have been missing for at least sixteen hours.’

Calli Clark is a dreamer. A sweet, gentle girl, Callie suffers from selective mutism, brought on by a tragedy she experienced as a toddler. Her mother Antonia tries her best to help, but is trapped in a marriage to a violent husband.

Petra Gregory is Calli’s best friend, her soul mate and her voice. But neither Petra nor Calli have been heard from since their disappearance was discovered.

Now Calli and Petra’s families are bound by the question of what has happened to their children. As support turns to suspicion, it seems the answers lie trapped in the silence of unspoken secrets.

Ratings and reviews

I loved this book.You need to stick with it as it took me a while to get into it but when you do it grips you and all you want is to read on and find the girls.

I enjoyed this book, I liked the way it was written from different perspectives, it kept the chapters short and punchy making me read on... Its not a complicated read and quite short but worth a read all the same.

Really enjoyed this book. Very easy to read, fast moving and makes for some late nights when reading in bed.....just another chapter. Really would recommend.

About the author

Heather Gudenkauf was born in Wagner, South Dakota, the youngest of six children. Having been born with a profound unilateral hearing impairment, Heather tended to use books as a retreat and escape the world around her. Heather became a voracious reader and the seed of becoming a writer was planted. She is the author of several New York Times bestselling novels, including the TV Book Club pick, The Weight of Silence.