The Deep End of the Ocean

When three-year-old Ben disappears from a hotel lobby during a crowded reunion, his family is left to live inside the absence. Jacquelyn Mitchard follows the Cappadoras across nine years as guilt, marriage, and the surviving children bend under the strain. The story turns again when a boy appears who may be Ben, forcing the family to weigh memory against the lives they have rebuilt. It became the first Oprah’s Book Club selection.