Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey will be featured on the Radio 2 Book Club on Monday 16 June.
The book was selected with the help of a panel made up of Reading Agency and library staff from across the UK.
Elizabeth is Missing
The note in Maud’s pocket is written in her own handwriting, and reads ‘Elizabeth is missing’.
Lately, Maud’s been getting forgetful. She keeps buying peach slices when she has a cupboard full, forgets to drink the cups of tea she’s made and writes notes to remind herself of things. But Maud is determined to discover what has happened to her friend, Elizabeth, and what it has to do with the unsolved disappearance of her sister Sukey, years back, just after the war.
Maud will make you laugh and cry, but she certainly won’t be forgotten.
Selection panel review
Our selection panel thought this was a great read. This is what they had to say:
“You enter into Maud’s confused world. She is often disorientated but still sure something has happened to her friend Elizabeth and determined to get to the truth. The characters are beautifully drawn, especially Maud’s exasperated, worried daughter and the amused, laidback grand-daughter.”
“Original, sad and funny.”
“It is sure to be a book that reading groups will take to and enjoy talking about.”
About the author
Emma Healey wrote her first short story when she was four, and told her teachers she was going to be a writer when she was eight. She grew up in London where she went to art college and completed her first degree in bookbinding. She then worked for two libraries, two bookshops, two art galleries and two universities, and was busily pursuing a career in the art world before writing overtook everything.
She moved to Norwich in 2010 to study for the MA in Creative Writing at UEA and never moved back again. Elizabeth is Missing is her first novel.
Get involved
Tune in to Simon Mayo’s "Drivetime ":http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p2dfq show on Monday 16 June at 6pm to hear a live interview with Emma Healey talking about her book.
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