Lynelle by the Sea A Novel

Lynelle Page Carter knows how it feels to have a baby inside you, the way it makes you lazy and yearning and peaceful all at the same time. But she has no words for her grief at the sudden death of her three-day-old infant daughter. Wracked by sorrow, she returns home to Florida where she sees an infant in a stroller, alone under a tree. Surely the child is waiting for her ... In Florida visiting her parents, Annie Thompson is torn between the demands of her family and her own needs. Then, in the blink of an eye, it happens. Her baby boy is there, left with his older brother for an instant - and then he is gone. Annie's logic and courage desert her, as she wonders how she will go on. The alternating voices of Lynelle and Annie recount the shattering impact of a kidnapping on two women - and two families.