Beth cappadora biography

For the film, see The Deep End of the Ocean (film).

1996 novel by Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Deep End of the Ocean is a best-selling novel by Jacquelyn Mitchard, released in 1996.

It is about an American middle class, suburban family that is torn apart when the youngest son is kidnapped and raised by a mentally ill woman, until he appears at the front doorstep of his real mother and asks if he can mow the lawn.

Plot summary

Wisconsin photographer and housewife Beth Cappadora leaves her youngest son, Ben, alone with his older brother for a brief moment in a crowded Chicago hotel lobby, while attending her high school reunion.

Ben cappadora true story

The older son lets go of Ben's hand and Ben vanishes without a trace. Beth goes into an extended mental breakdown and it is left to her husband and owner of a restaurant, Pat, to force his wife to robotically care for their remaining two children, 7-year-old Vincent and infant daughter Kerry.

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