THIS INSPIRING STORY CHRONICLES HOW ONE MOTHER FACES THE HORROR OF HER DAUGHTERS DISAPPEARANCE AND FINDS THE STRENGTH, HOPE, AND COURAGE TO CARRY ON THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM A DEEP-ROOTED FAITH. 16-PAGE COLOR PHOTO INSERT. THIS IS THE STORY NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO TELL, ABOUT THE NIGHTMARE NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE, TOLD BY THE PARENT NO ONE WANTS TO BE. IN MAY OF 2005, BETH HOLLOWAY RECEIVED THE WORST PHONE CALL A PARENT CAN IMAGINE. HER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, NATALEE, HAD DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE IN ARUBA DURING HER HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR CLASS TRIP. TWO YEARS LATER, FOR THE FIRST TIME, BETH HOLLOWAY STEPS FORWARD IN THIS ASTONISHINGLY CANDID AND INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR TO TELL OF HER HARROWING ORDEAL AND HER NEVER-ENDING BELIEF IN THE POWER OF FAITH THAT GAVE HER HOPE AGAINST ALL ODDS. NATALEE`S SENIOR CLASS PICTURE WAS SPLASHED ACROSS THE FRONT PAGES OF THE COUNTRY`S NEWSPAPERS AND ON TELEVISION. DESPERATE FOR A CLUE AS TO HER DAUGHTER`S WHEREABOUTS, BETH AND AN ARMY OF FAITHFUL VOLUNTEERS SEARCHED TIRELESSLY FOR THE MISSING EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD. IN THEIR PURSUIT OF NATALEE, THEY ENCOUNTERED MANY ROADBLOCKS. AS THE HORROR STRETCHED OUT, BETH STOOD ON HER FOUNDATION OF FAITH, WHICH AT TIMES WAS ALL SHE HAD TO GIVE HER STRENGTH AGAINST A BARRAGE OF UNBEARABLE QUESTIONS WITH NO ANSWERS.NATALEE`S DISAPPEARANCE REMAINS UNSOLVED AND HER LOCATION UNKNOWN TO THIS DAY. BETH`S SEARCH CONTINUES.
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