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1445099128
Large print Elizabeth is missing / Emma Healey

Author: Healey, Emma
Year: 2014
Interest category: Large Print
Media class: Large print
Classification: FIC
Category: Fiction
Publisher: ISIS, 2014
ISBN: 1445099128 9781445099125
Control number 1445099128
Description:
'Elizabeth is missing', reads the note in Maud's pocket in her own handwriting. 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.
Large type books, lcsh
GNR, General










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£20.95
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Camberley Library Morning Reading Group. The book is an accurate, and often depressing, portrayal of dementia AND THUS WE WOULD ADVISE CAUTION BEFORE READING/RECOMMENDING/GIFTING IT. However we feel the book should be essential reading for all professional carers, and those who are dismissive of sufferers. It is a crime novel reminiscent of Mike Haddon’s ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ (but less endearing). Only 275 pages long, it is a small, page-turning, masterpiece. The unreliable narrator is Maud, an 82-year-old with dementia. She is trying to make sense of both her childhood and the present day, in order to solve two mysteries. As the story unfolds, her condition deteriorates and as such it is deliberately misleading. How much does Maud know? Was she involved? Should her ramblings be taken seriously? The novel has flaws including unrealistic events and romanticism of the protagonist, but as with most fiction you have to suspend belief so we overlooked these
02/11/15
shereads
178541674X

Large print
Author: Healey, Emma
Year: 2020
Language: English
Interest category: Large Print
Media class: Large print
Edition: Large Print
Classification: FIC
Publisher: ISIS
420 pages (large print) ; 24 cm (pbk)











0241968186

Paperback
Author: Healey, Emma
Year: 2015
Language: English
Interest category: General fiction novels
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
274 pages ; 20 cm (pbk)











Recommended. An interesting view of how Alzheimer's affects short term memory and family relationsh
02/06/16
JDH
S013076775

DVD
Director: Walsh, Aisling
Author: Scherrer, Dominik
Actor: Jackson, Glenda
Actor: Hill, Liv
Actor: Rundle, Sophie
Author: Healey, Emma
Year: 2020
Language: English
Interest category: Entertainment films
Media class: DVD
Publisher: Dazzler
1. - videodisc(87 min.), col.










