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But no one will listen to maudnot her frustrated daughter, helen, not her caretakers, not the police, and especially not elizabeths mercurial son, peter. And she is fairly certain that her best friend, elizabeth is missing. Elizabeth is missing figure 1, is a much vaunted and decorated debut. In the awardwinning elizabeth is missing debut novelist emma healey explored grandmother mauds attempt to solve an 70yearold mystery as she succumbed to dementia. Winner of the costa first novel award 2014, elizabeth is missing is the debut novel written by emma healey and is an unabridged mystery audiobook expertly narrated by anna bentinck. Although my fathers mother, nancy, has dementia and her experiences gave me ideas for some of the scenes in the book, it was my mothers mother.
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