The Year of Fog Take 2

I decided to go back to reading The Year of Fog and am almost finished with it. I just read the part of the book where Abby, after searching high and low, interviewing everyone she can think of, finds herself being lead to Costa Rica by the string of clues. During a surfing event she is walking on the beach, with little hope left when she sees a tanned little girl with braided hair in a swimsuit lying on a towel in the sun. She finds out that this is Emma, her Fiance's daughter who has been missing for a year. This heart wrenching part of the book when Abby sweeps Emma into her arms, at last bringing the little girl she loves to safety, was enough to make the whole long part of the book that had hopeful searching, which really didn't bring up anything, worth it. I can kind of relate to the feeling that Abby and Emma had when Emma was finally rescued because although I've never had long periods of time when a loved one was missing, I've gotten a piece of it from when there's times like not being able to find my dog when she gets out of the fenced backyard, and when you go into complete panic mode and think that life as you once knew it was gone. Then when you find that person or in this case dog, it's the best feeling in the world, knowing that everything will be fine, and can return to normal. Although I'm sure for Emma, after being away from home for an entire year will take a lot longer to feel like everything is back to normal. After Emma is taken back to a hotel room to shower and change, Abby calls Emma's Father (her fiancee) to tell him the good news. This is my second favorite part because much earlier in the book, Emma's dad gave up hope, coming to a conclusion that she was dead, and found himself turning to religion. When Abby calls him you just get excited for him to hear the news, just being able to barely fathom the amazing feeling of that.