Elizabeth Is Missing
Registered by mcsar of Richmond, British Columbia Canada on 12/24/2018
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
11 journalers for this copy...
From amazon.com, "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."
Simply brilliant. Hard to believe this well conceived novel is a debut novel. The mystery is cleverly written and issues of Alzheimer's, patient care, memory, identity, dignity and humanity are revealed through the narrative. I am hooked from the beginning and eager to find out what has happened while I feel the frustration of Maud and her caregivers.
Reserved for now.
Simply brilliant. Hard to believe this well conceived novel is a debut novel. The mystery is cleverly written and issues of Alzheimer's, patient care, memory, identity, dignity and humanity are revealed through the narrative. I am hooked from the beginning and eager to find out what has happened while I feel the frustration of Maud and her caregivers.
Reserved for now.
Journal Entry 2 by mcsar at Favourite Roundabout, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (1/8/2019 UTC) at Favourite Roundabout, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This is my book for the Favourite Book of 2018 Roundabout.
Order of travel:
1. mcsar -- Canada
2. valpete -- USA
3. Aramena -- USA
4. earthcaroleanne -- UK
5. caroline-M -- UK
6. dark-draco -- UK
7. Arvores -- Portugal
8. Fifna -- Netherlands
9. Icila -- France
10. Lamilla -- Belarus
11. estelle1806 -- Ireland
12. mathgirl40 -- Canada
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Now travelling to valpete. Happy reading.
Order of travel:
1. mcsar -- Canada
2. valpete -- USA
3. Aramena -- USA
4. earthcaroleanne -- UK
5. caroline-M -- UK
6. dark-draco -- UK
7. Arvores -- Portugal
8. Fifna -- Netherlands
9. Icila -- France
10. Lamilla -- Belarus
11. estelle1806 -- Ireland
12. mathgirl40 -- Canada
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Now travelling to valpete. Happy reading.
I received this as my first 2018 Roundabout book for January. I have read it for a Ring in 2017 and agree that it is a very good book. I'll save it and send it out for the February book to the next person on the list.
Sending it along for the February book of the 2018 Roundabout! Enjoy!
Arrived today and looks very interesting! I received three review books this week (after not having any for months!), and plan to do a lot of reading this weekend so I'm hopeful that I'll be ready to dive into this one before too long.
I've been reading this book for about a week without getting very far into it, I just cannot seem to get interested in it. So rather than hold it up any longer, I'm DNFing and passing on to the next participant.
Arrived today
An interesting take on the mind's deterioration into dementia and the fragments of memory that persist and how they exhibit themselves. However, I didn’t quite find it the emotional roller coaster expected. In fact, I didn't feel any connection with any of the characters. There was very little imagery, humour, emotion or intrigue in the book. I’ve experienced other books/plays/films approaching a serious subject and often you get through it because “you’ve got laugh or you’d cry” but there wasn’t really any of either. It is annoying that every other page jumps backwards and forwards to the past and present. Just as you start to get involved in one sub-plot, you are thrust into another. Maybe it was the author's intention that this would in some way confuse the reader and give them a virtual experience of a dementia sufferer's mind but to be honest I couldn’t really care who killed Sukey by the end of it.
Sending on in the Favourites roundabout.
I read this book last year and really enjoyed it, I found it moving, funny at times and quite raw in the unfairness of how dementia robs us of the people we love.
Received - thank you :)
Of all the thousands of books I have read, this has to be unique in that is written from the point of view of an elderly lady suffering with some sort of dementia. Maud can remember intricate details of her life growing up just after the war, when he sister, Sukey, went missing, but can't remember conversations she has moments ago. She is convinced that her best friend, a partially disabled woman, called Elizabeth, has gone missing and continually tries to find her, to the exasperation of her family.I loved the way the two mysteries folded together and liked the ending. I was concerned that the story was going to fizzle out to nothing and was prepared for a big disappointment, but that's not what I got. A fantastic ending as Maud 'solves' the mystery of the two missing people in her life.
I enjoyed the reading and thought the author did a good job at showing how a dementia sufferer's brain and memory would work...it definitely felt authentic.
Definitely recommended.
Journal Entry 13 by 
dark-draco
at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, July 1, 2019
dark-draco at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, July 1, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (7/1/2019 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Off to the next reader on the roundabout.
This book is with me know.
I have my own copy so, I'll pass it on to the next reader ASAP.
I have my own copy so, I'll pass it on to the next reader ASAP.
Sent to Fifna today.
Enjoy! :-)
Enjoy! :-)
Received today, thanks Arvores. Haven't heard of this one before.
The author does a very good job of conveying the sense of Maud losing her grip on her life, as the dementia progresses. The story jumps back and forth between past and present, and as Maud's memory deteriorates, the stories slide into each other. The frustration, both Maud's and Helen's, is palpable, caused by this terrible disease. And yet the story manages to be lighthearted at times too - without ever feeling insincere. This story will haunt me for a while I think. Thanks for sharing!
Travelling to estelle1806 (Icila and Lamilla have asked to be skipped for this one.).
Received from Fifna, thank you.
Read it 2 years ago and gave it 8 *, so a good book for me... Ready to go again.
On its way to mathgirl40.
Please let us know when you release it again...
Please let us know when you release it again...
This book is with me now. Looking forward to it!
The author did a great job with the unreliable narrator and the parallel stories. It took me some time to warm up to the story, but by the midpoint, I found the book harder and harder to put down. The conclusion was surprisingly satisfying, even though it did not offer definitive answers, and of course, the narrator's dementia made us wonder about her account, even in the earlier timeframe.
Thanks, mcsar, for sharing this book with us!
Thanks, mcsar, for sharing this book with us!
This book has completed its journey through the Favourite Book of 2018 Roundabout. Thanks again to mcsar for sharing it with all of us. As mcsar does not need the book returned, I will find another reader for it closer to home.
I really enjoyed this book. I found it interesting to view the story through the eyes of someone with dementia. I was anticipating a disappointing ending but was surprised with the how satisfying it actually was. A good read for anyone interested in alternate view of the aging mind.
Passed to a friend.
