Imagine you are a mother, or a close sister to a six year old toddler stuck in this canyon. You have about two days worth of water and a dead hand phone. In Vanishing Acts, by renowned writer Jodi Picoult, it portrays the hard decisions that four people face, each writing from their point of view. A mother, Delia who was kidnapped by her own father. Delia's mother,Elsie, a mother who lost her baby. Andrew, a man who loved his daughter so much that he is now in jail and on trail after about a quarter of a century. Eric, Delia's fiance who caused Delia's daughter, Sophie to be born out of wedlock, has to be a good father and be Andrew's attorney in the state of Arizona where he knows little or nothing about the state law. Fritz, a man who loves Delia but does not wish to drive a wedge between the loving couple.

Complicated already? It gets better. You have lived all your life in the New Hampshire and suddenly you found out that your mother is still alive and the house you live in while attending the court case is a caravan and is painted Hubba Bubba pink down to the toilet bowl.