About the book
Sunday Times Top Five Bestseller Elizabeth is Missing is the stunning, smashhit debut novel from new author Emma HealeyWinner of the Costa First Novel Award 2014Shortlisted for National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book 2014Shortlisted for National Book Awards New Writer of the Year 2014Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2014Longlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2015'A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp' Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'Elizabeth Is Missing will stir and shake you: the most likeably unreliable of narrators, real mystery at its compassionate core...' Emma Donoghue, author of Room 'Resembling a version of Memento written by Alan Bennett' Daily Telegraph'One of those mythical beasts, the book you cannot put down' Jonathan Coe, author of The Rotters Club'Every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests. Gripping, haunting' Observer'If you're after a read you can't put down, then look no further' New!Meet Maud.Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to drink it. She goes to the shops and forgets why she went. Sometimes her home is unrecognizable or her daughter Helen seems a total stranger.But there's one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. And no matter who tells her to stop going on about it, to leave it alone, to shut up, Maud will get to the bottom of it.Because somewhere in Maud's damaged mind lies the answer to an unsolved seventyyearold mystery. One everyone has forgotten about. Everyone, except Maud . . .
Editions of Elizabeth is Missing
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780241968185
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Sunday Times Top Five Bestseller Elizabeth is Missing is the stunning, smashhit debut novel from new author Emma HealeyWinner of the Costa First Novel Award 2014Shortlisted for National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book 2014Shortlisted for National Book Awards New Writer of the Year 2014Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2014Longlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2015'A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp' Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'Elizabeth Is Missing will stir and shake you: the most likeably unreliable of narrators, real mystery at its compassionate core...' Emma Donoghue, author of Room 'Resembling a version of Memento written by Alan Bennett' Daily Telegraph'One of those mythical beasts, the book you cannot put down' Jonathan Coe, author of The Rotters Club'Every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests. Gripping, haunting' Observer'If you're after a read you can't put down, then look no further' New!Meet Maud.Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to drink it. She goes to the shops and forgets why she went. Sometimes her home is unrecognizable or her daughter Helen seems a total stranger.But there's one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. And no matter who tells her to stop going on about it, to leave it alone, to shut up, Maud will get to the bottom of it.Because somewhere in Maud's damaged mind lies the answer to an unsolved seventyyearold mystery. One everyone has forgotten about. Everyone, except Maud . . .
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Elizabeth is Missing about?
Sunday Times Top Five Bestseller Elizabeth is Missing is the stunning, smashhit debut novel from new author Emma HealeyWinner of the Costa First Novel Award 2014Shortlisted for National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book 2014Shortlisted for National Book Awards New Writer of the Year 2014Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2014Longlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2015'A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp' Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'Elizabeth Is Missing will stir and shake you: the most likeably unreliable of narrators, real mystery at its compassionate core...' Emma Donoghue, author of Room 'Resembling a version of Memento written by Alan Bennett' Daily Telegraph'One of those mythical beasts, the book you cannot put down' Jonathan Coe, author of The Rotters Club'Every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests. Gripping, haunting' Observer'If you're after a read you can't put down, then look no further' New!Meet Maud.Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to drink it. She goes to the shops and forgets why she went. Sometimes her home is unrecognizable or her daughter Helen seems a total stranger.But there's one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. And no matter who tells her to stop going on about it, to leave it alone, to shut up, Maud will get to the bottom of it.Because somewhere in Maud's damaged mind lies the answer to an unsolved seventyyearold mystery. One everyone has forgotten about. Everyone, except Maud . . .
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Elizabeth is Missing?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Elizabeth is Missing?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780241968185
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Elizabeth is Missing?
Emma Healey
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Elizabeth is Missing is available as paperback(ISBN 9780241968185)
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