Book Tour & **Giveaway**! Sophie Last Seen by Marlene Adelstein

Quirky, difficult, bird-loving 10 year old Sophie has been gone for 6 years now. For 6 years now, her mother Jesse has mourned, so deeply, she’s not sure she’ll ever resurface. She dwells on even the slightest of clues, and hoards every sign and signal of Sophie she thinks her little girl is sending her. Ever since that day Sophie disappeared from the local shopping mall, she’s been on a downward spiral of self-destruction and has lost everything else that was ever important to her.

Star was Sophie’s best friend. She is haunted by her, almost literally, aching with the sorrow of missing her friend, and trying to keep her head above water, navigating life with her best friend missing.

Although the search has fizzed out, people have started calling Jesse, who wanders the mall every day searching for Sophie – “Bird Mom” – but she’s convinced she is closer everyday to finding her daughter, and together with Star, the start to unravel clues. Clues that just may help find Sophie after all this time.

This one is a genuinely captivating story, that feels so real life. Every ache is felt, every clue sparks hope, and the grief is so raw and revealing. I grasped at every sign of Sophie and I connected with every characters emotions. An incredible debut by Marlene Adelstein!

Paperback: 306 pages
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing (November 20, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1948051184
ISBN-13: 978-1948051187

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About The Book:

In Marlene Adelstein’s debut novel, Sophie Last Seen, it is six years after the disappearance of ten year old Sophie from a shopping mall. Her mother, Jesse, is living in a self-destructive limbo as any sense of closure eludes her. Jesse is observed by her daughter’s best friend, Star, who carries her own secrets about that day. These two wounded souls come together to follow clues left by Sophie in her birding journals hoping to be led to Sophie or answers to her disappearance.

This inspiring tale of one woman’s journey in search of the truth about her missing daughter weaves together themes of forgiveness, romance, and acceptance.

Perfect for book clubs, Sophie Last Seen has elements of The Deep End of the Ocean and The Lovely Bones.

A mother’s psyche edges toward madness as she tries to solve the puzzle of her daughter’s disappearance. A gripping tale of heartbreak and eternal hope.”
—Beth Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

About The Author

After twenty-three years in New York City, working as a film development executive for top Hollywood producers, Marlene Adelstein began earning her living as a freelance editor working on novels and memoirs.

When she’s not reading other people’s manuscripts or writing her own, Marlene can be found walking local trails with her dog. She is partial to chocolate labs and in particular hers, a good-natured girl named Honey, who is never more than a few feet behind her. Comfortable and energized in a big city but preferring to make her home in a small town filled with other writers and artists, Marlene lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley where she loves to listen to the noise of the birds.