Runner-up for the Betty Trask Award 2015.
One of the Top 10 Lovereading Reader Review Panel Summer Read selections.
Eighty-something Maud is getting forgetful and so writes notes to herself. ‘Elizabeth is missing’ is one such note which Maud then becomes obsessed with for Elizabeth is indeed missing. She tells her daughter, the police, anyone who will listen. Maud is suffering from dementia which gets gradually worse throughout the book. Her daughter has to eventually take her in … and still, for Maud at least, Elizabeth is missing. For us, the reader too, only we do discover why. Slowly we get Maud’s back story and a strange mystery about her sister and her very dodgy husband. All becomes clear in a startling conclusion. The stages of dementia are thoroughly explored in a thoughtful, impressive manner. A fascinating debut. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2015.
Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015.
Winner of the Costa First Novel Award 2014.
The Costa Judges said Healey's book was “Utterly captivating and original.”
One of our Books of the Year 2014.
One of the Top 10 books in the Lovereading Readers’ Choice Book of the Year 2014.
WINNER 2014 Costa Book AwardsFirst NovelAn internationally heralded debut novel of extraordinary warmth, insight and humanity that will appeal to readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Still Alice: Elizabeth Is Missing is at once a page-turning mystery that takes us from post-war Britain to the present day and a piercingly honest portrait of love and memory, families and aging through the lens of an unforgettable protagonist who will seize your heart--an elderly woman descending into forgetfulness, as she embarks alone on a quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared.
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WINNER 2014 Costa Book AwardsFirst NovelAn internationally heralded debut novel of extraordinary warmth, insight and humanity that will appeal to readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Still Alice: Elizabeth Is Missing is at once a page-turning mystery that takes us from post-war Britain to the present day and a piercingly honest portrait of love and memory, families and aging through the lens of an unforgettable protagonist who will seize your heart--an elderly woman descending into forgetfulness, as she embarks alone on a quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared. Maud, an aging grandmother, is slowly losing her memory--and her grip on everyday life.
Elizabeth Is Missing features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Books with reviews by our Reader Review Panel, Debuts, eBooks of the Month, Family Drama, Book Club Recommendations, Debut Books of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
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Elizabeth Is Missing was written by Emma Healey and published by Knopf Canada
£23.94. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
