All Around the Town was one of the stories written by Mary Higgins Clark. This book was a suspenseful, interesting, intriguing book. It held my interest until the end. The plot was twisty and unpredictable which meant that I would never get bored.

The story takes place in Ridgewood, New Jersey. It takes place from June 1974 to about September 1991. This effects the rest of the story because this is the time period that the main character had her abduction and her multiple personalities started to form.

The main character in this story was Laurie Kenyon, a four year old girl in the beginning of the story who eventually grows up to be a twenty-one year old woman. She has blond hair, green eyes and a fragile little body. Sarah Kenyon is present throughout the story. She is Laurie's sister and helps Laurie deal with all her problems as best she can. Bic and Opal were Laurie's abductors. Bic had a beard and his arms had a lot of curly hair. He was a very domineering person towards Opal and Laurie. Opal had

When Laurie and Sarah's parents died in a car accident, they were left with the decision of what to do with the house. They put the house up for sale and they had an open house for buyers to come look at it. A couple came in and was very interested in the house. It just so turned out that it was Bic and Opal who had changed their names to Reverend Bobby and Carla Hawkins. They had their own TV church service program and were very well off. They knew that the house was Laurie's old house and they set up electrical devices to snoop and spy on her. They knew that Laurie was seeing Dr. Justin Donnelly about her multiple personality problems and they also knew that the Dr. was trying to find out who her abductors were for those two years.

Years passed and Laurie was returned to her parents on that fateful day in front of the school. Ever since she was taken away Laurie was taught to forget whom her parents and family were. She had a lot of rehabilitation to deal with but her parents decided to not go through with psychological treatment.

Laurie gets the help she needed and eventually overcomes her personality disorders. They all live happily ever after.

Bic and Opal decided to go find an easy job preaching for the church as a good cover. They stopped at a restaurant and the three of them got out of the car. A woman was watching from inside and recognized Laurie. Bic and Opal realized this and drove off in the car as fast as they could. They knew that if they kept the girl they would eventually get caught so they decided it was time to get rid of her. They dropped her off in front of a school and told her to wait for the kids to come in the morning. They threatened to kill her and made her promise not to tell before they left and then, as she sat and waited all night for the kids to come, drifted off into another personality who floated in the air and made fun of the little girl crying in front of th

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Approximate Word count = 1302
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)