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Looking for Closure: The Theresa Ferrara Story

Maria Stewart
Outskirts Press, Inc (2009)
ISBN 9781432730260
Reviewed by Melisa Koltes for RebeccasReads (10/09)

For anyone that loves a great mystery "Looking for Closure" will keep the pages turning.  The story of Theresa Ferrara is one shrouding in confusion & intrigue.  A beautiful, young beautician goes out to make some fast money on a February day without her coat or keys and disappears into oblivion.  Her niece (author Maria Stewart) discovers that the woman she thought she was best friends with was leading a double life.  Could she really have had information on the notorious Lufthansa Heist?  Was she an informant for the cops?  Could it have been the FBI that whisked her away into Witness Protection Program?

For over 20 years Maria Stewart tried to put the pieces together of what happened that afternoon.  They had found partial remains and were told that it was her aunt but they were never sure.  The pieces of the puzzle are scattered and Maria along with help from friends and family are determined to sort it out.

The ending of the book was not what I was expecting as all the evidence leads us down a road only to find that even with the answers handed to us, we still have no closure.  I can only imagine how the family is dealing with all the information they have acquired.  I believe there is much that the family still doesn’t know and may not ever find out. 
I was very impressed with Maria Stewart and how she pulls everything together for the reader.  I was engrossed in "Looking For Closure" from the beginning and finished in an evening.  However, die hard readers must keep in mind this is the author’s first book and it was a bit choppy.  She often repeats herself, sometimes using the exact same wording which makes it a bit of a rough start.  However, she chronicles the story beautifully and does not add fluff just to take up pages.  Her insertion of actual articles that give credence to her true crime tale only make the story more compelling.


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