Book Club: “ELIZABETH IS MISSING”

Winner of the Costa First Novel Award and now a Masterpiece film starring Glenda Jackson 

In this darkly riveting debut novel—a sophisticated psychological mystery that is also an heartbreakingly honest meditation on memory, identity, and aging—an elderly woman descending into dementia embarks on a desperate quest to find the best friend she believes has disappeared, and her search for the truth will go back decades and have shattering consequences.

“[A] knockout debut…. Ms. Healey’s audacious conception and formidable talent combine in a bravura performance that sustains its momentum and pathos to the last.” — Wall Street Journal

“Not only have we several genres in the one novel, we have two main themes. How it feels to experience dementia, and a page-turner of a detective story. If I had to describe it in one word, it would be beautiful. It is a gripping thriller, but it’s also about life and love: the love of an exasperated daughter for her mother; the love of sisters and of friends and the love I felt for Maud.” — The Independent (London)

Join us in person to discuss this gripping thriller!

Event host: Sejung Jang

bookclub@siwakorea.com

Note: BC events are exclusively for SIWA members.