I'm going to preface this one by saying that this is the best book I have read this year and it was completely unexpected. It follows Maud, an elderly woman suffering from dementia, who forgets everything, she forgets what to buy at the shop, she forgets who her daughter is but she remembers some things, she remembers that her friend Elizabeth is missing and she remembers that her sister disappeared one day when she was younger.
The story that follows jumps between Maud's two narratives, the first is present day where Maud desperately tries to find her friend Elizabeth and leaves herself a stream of notes reminding her that she is missing. The second follows young Maud, as a teenager, with her parents and sister Sukey and the aftermath of Sukey's disappearance.
Its hard to put this book into a category or even a word, crime? heartbreak? haunting? It covers all the bases. I don't want to give anything away because it is so stunning upon first read.
A truly beautiful yet sad debut from Emma Healey. Easily five stars.
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