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This books goes inside the mind of a woman suffering from dementia, who is trying to make sense of her memories, and what she believes to be a disturbing loss. Elderly Maud has dementia, and as she tries to understand her world she mixes up past and present, and she is convinced her best friend is missing. Elizabeth's case parallels that of Maud's sister, who went missing decades earlier. As a result this book presents multilayered stories. There's the mystery of what happened to Elizabeth, and to Sukey (Maud's sister). There's also the bigger story of how Maud deals with dementia. Told from Maud's perspective, this book creates a fascinating sort of unreliable narrator, unreliable because her mind is being ravaged by disease. Healy's portrayal of the mind of a dementia patient is fascinating and sympathetic.


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Elizabeth Is Missing Emma Healey 0884181494311 Books Reviews

I couldn't be done reading this book fast enough and yet I wanted it to last a little longer. It's a book worthy of your time but, if you are going to get something out of it, don't expect it to be a pretty journey. Elizabeth is Missing gives a great insight from the perspective so someone with dementia. The innocence that we (as caretaker, family, friend) don't always see and the handling of situations that we don't always get right. My mother has dementia and yes, I fear it. This book didn't quash my dread of following in my mother's footsteps but it did leave me with a lesson in patience and understanding. That my mother relies on my steady emotions. I might even send a copy to each of my sisters.
I loved this book. We become drawn in by the first-person narration of the story. Maud is in her 80s, and is suffering from dementia. As the story develops, so does the dementia. She must write things down on scraps of paper to remember, and she has become fixated on her friend Elizabeth, whom she hasn't seen in quite a long time. "Elizabeth is missing" she finds written on many of the scraps in her pockets. She has daily caregivers who come in to help her, and her daughter Helen also comes daily. Helen is frustrated because she has a job and a family, and her brother can't help because he has moved to Germany. Helen tries to be patient and understanding, but having to repeat herself and treat her mother like a child takes its toll. Maud has trouble remembering current events in her life, even 5 minutes before, but when she goes back in time to her childhood she remembers a lot. Her older sister disappeared soon after marrying at the end of WWII, and has never been found. There are lots of suspicious actions from her husband, and a single male who is living as a boarder in Maud's house. Since we see everything through Maud's eyes, we can never be sure if she is recounting accurate memories, or getting her sister and her friend mixed up, as both are 'missing'. I was hooked on the first page, and couldn't put the book down. Excellent debut novel from Emma Healey.
Imagine muddling through the world, trying to reconstruct what your mind cannot quite grasp. Everyday reality escapes octogenarian Maud, but she pushes along, longing for her missing friend as well as her long-missing sister.

Amongst vividly vague geriatric confusion, parents, children, and clues are brilliantly interwoven until their truths are inevitably revealed.

This isn't the story I contemplated writing about my grandmother, who sat at the window, endlessly watching the squirrels. I wondered what her inner world was, just as I wondered when my mother aged into dementia. Emma Healey has created a virtual world far more sprightly, nuanced, and complex than any I dreamed; in her ramblings, Maud has what is needed to solve the disappearance.

Unlike too many of the indie published books I usually read, Elizabeth Is Missing A Novel is well crafted and well edited, with only 2 minor proofing errors.
Part of me couldn't put the book down, although at times I had to, that's how strongly this story affected me. My paternal grandmother had senile dementia when she was in her early 90's, and I found myself constantly thinking of the last time I saw her, throughout this book. She knew I was her granddaughter, but couldn't remember which one. All I could do was hug her and tell her how much I loved her. I never really thought about how dementia must have looked and felt from her view. This story really made me think about that. My heart just broke for Maud and my grandma. It was also very interesting how the mystery of Elizabeth and Sukey played out through the book, while you saw Maud losing herself more and more. There were some occasions when I got a little confused if it was past or present, and I had to re-read a paragraph or two, but the book still deserves 5 stars for a very realistic, albeit sad story. I kept having to remind myself this book was fiction. Kudos to the writer for that! My mother is Maud's age, and though she doesn't have senile dementia, I will think twice the next time my sister and I feel impatient with her and roll our eyes behind her back.
This books goes inside the mind of a woman suffering from dementia, who is trying to make sense of her memories, and what she believes to be a disturbing loss. Elderly Maud has dementia, and as she tries to understand her world she mixes up past and present, and she is convinced her best friend is missing. Elizabeth's case parallels that of Maud's sister, who went missing decades earlier. As a result this book presents multilayered stories. There's the mystery of what happened to Elizabeth, and to Sukey (Maud's sister). There's also the bigger story of how Maud deals with dementia. Told from Maud's perspective, this book creates a fascinating sort of unreliable narrator, unreliable because her mind is being ravaged by disease. Healy's portrayal of the mind of a dementia patient is fascinating and sympathetic.