Summary Of Naomi Bottle

The main character of the story is Naomi Cottle. She is about 28 years old and no birth date is given in the book. She does not live anywhere because she is constantly traveling for her job and she has not settled down, however, the setting of the story takes place in Oregon’s Skookum National Forest. As a child, Naomi was held captive by an unknown person(s). In the beginning, she is unable to remember what had happened to her. She knew very little about how long she was kept prisoner or how she was caught and the very little she knew came from her nightmares. Due to her past experiences, she decided that she wanted to be a private investigator who searches for lost children. Throughout the story she learns more about what happened to her
by working on a case about a girl named Madison, a girl who went missing three years prior and was presumed dead. Naomi isolates herself and is always on the run. It is not till the end of the story does she realize that settling down and being with someone is not always a bad thing.