5/20/2023 0 Comments John busby the year we disappeared"I wasn't aware of how angry (my father) was," Cylin Busby said in a telephone interview. In alternating chapters, father and daughter recall that first traumatic year after the shooting - Busby writing about his long, grueling recovery that included being fed through a tube in his stomach, and Cylin countering with the sad tale of a 9-year-old girl suddenly living life under 24-hour guard.įor both father and daughter, the writing was eye-opening, sometimes cathartic and oftentimes painful. 29, 1979.īusby's struggle for recovery, his thirst for revenge and his family's ultimate decision to flee Falmouth because of a botched criminal investigation is chronicled in "The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir." The book, co-authored with his daughter, Cylin, was published by Bloomsbury USA and hits book stores Tuesday. Recovering from two shotgun blasts that ripped through his jaw, Busby, a Falmouth police officer, was plotting a way to get back at Melvin Reine, the man he was convinced pulled the trigger the night of Aug. FALMOUTH - John Busby wanted something more than justice.
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