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 (Thank you so much Viking for providing us with a copy for review.)
-Further Reading: If you enjoy books inhabited by a huggable quirk, may I introduce you to [[The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce|Harold Fry]].
+Further Reading: If you enjoy books inhabited by a huggable quirk, may I introduce you to [[The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce|Harold Fry]].  We first heard about ''Elizabeth is Missing'' at the [[Robert James Talks To Bookbag About The Penguin Bloggers' Night|Penguin Bloggers' Night]].
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 Maud is the most engaging, huggable person-in-a-novel since [[The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce|Harold Fry]].  Yes indeed, 'person-in-a-novel' – she's beyond 'character, she's real.  We're with her watching the undrunk tea cups line up, wanting to hold her hand but, most importantly, wanting to find Elizabeth and desperate for others to hear.
-As we go back and forth between now and Maud's youth, emphasising the prominence of long-term memory over short-term, we learn a lot about her and the gradually surfacing secrets.  We not only realise a lot of her present day apparently senseless mumblings and behaviour actually make sense but we also see how she's become haunted by a horrific episode from her teens.  Indeed, when aligned with her youth even her most random actions are no longer random.
+As we go back and forth between now and Maud's youth, emphasising the prominence of long-term memory over short-term, we learn a lot about her and the gradually surfacing secrets.  We not only realise a lot of her present-day apparently senseless mumblings and behaviour actually make sense but we also see how she's become haunted by a horrific episode from her teens.  Indeed, when aligned with her youth even her most random actions are no longer random.
-As Maud's condition worsens heart wrenchingly, we begin to take more notice of her daughter Helen and realise how trying it must be.  However we come to this realisation without any doom saturated 'woe is me' narrative but with some gems of sensitively placed smiles and giggles.  There's also an aura of uplift that accompanies the affection we feel for the family and the mystery, keeping us turning the pages.
+As Maud's condition worsens heart-wrenchingly, we begin to take more notice of her daughter Helen and realise how trying it must be.  However, we come to this realisation without any doom saturated 'woe is me' narrative but with some gems of sensitively placed smiles and giggles.  There's also an aura of uplift that accompanies the affection we feel for the family and the mystery, keeping us turning the pages.
-''Elizabeth is Missing'' isn't only powerful and affecting, it's cleverly plotted with a jaw-dropping twist near the end.  (Yay Helen!)  It definitely brought home to me the importance of not side-lining those who are condemned to live in the past.  We all know that, but Emma demonstrates vividly, making this compulsory reading for all care workers and those of us who should care more.  In this way the mind set of all who meet a Maud, be it for a moment, a month or a life time shift for the better.
+''Elizabeth is Missing'' isn't only powerful and affecting, it's cleverly plotted with a jaw-dropping twist near the end.  (Yay Helen!)  It definitely brought home to me the importance of not side-lining those who are condemned to live in the past.  We all know that, but Emma demonstrates vividly, making this compulsory reading for all care workers and those of us who should care more.  In this way, the mindset of all who meet a Maud, be it for a moment, a month or a lifetime shift for the better.
 (Thank you so much Viking for providing us with a copy for review.)
-Further Reading: If you enjoy books inhabited by huggable quirk, may I introduce you to [[The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce|Harold Fry]].
+Further Reading: If you enjoy books inhabited by a huggable quirk, may I introduce you to [[The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce|Harold Fry]].
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 The previous comments must have been made by someone with no understanding of dementia.
-It is giving me insights into my mothers mind as she bravely  takes on each day, living alone in her 90s, as Maud does.
+It is giving me insights into my mother's mind as she bravely takes on each day, living alone in her 90s, as Maud does.
-Thank you Emma for this thoughtful, important novel.
+Thank you, Emma, for this thoughtful, important novel.
 Brenda Graham.
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 Poor book, poor Elizabeth.
 Robin
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		+	I got through 60 exceedingly depressing pages with the same trick on every page, namely poor old Liz cannot remember a thing and nobody takes any notice of her.
		+	Poor book, poor Elizabeth.
		+	Robin
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	Maud is a little forgetful as the rows of cooling cups of tea will attest. She also has a cupboard full of peaches for some reason but not to worry. She has a family who love her and rally round, a home help and her great friend Elizabeth. Come to think of it, Elizabeth seems to be missing and the notes that Maud writes herself each day keep reminding her of this. The problem is that no one will listen to her, let alone believe her. It also reminds Maud of something else; another disappearance a long, long time ago.		Maud is a little forgetful as the rows of cooling cups of tea will attest. She also has a cupboard full of peaches for some reason but not to worry. She has a family who love her and rally round, a home help and her great friend Elizabeth. Come to think of it, Elizabeth seems to be missing and the notes that Maud writes herself each day keep reminding her of this. The problem is that no one will listen to her, let alone believe her. It also reminds Maud of something else; another disappearance a long, long time ago.

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	Maud is a little forgetful as the rows of cooling cups of tea will attest. She also has a cupboard full of peaches for some reason but not to worry. She has a family who love her and rally round, a home help and her great friend Elizabeth. Come to think of it, Elizabeth seems to be missing and the notes that Maud writes herself each day keep reminding her of this. The problem is that no one will listen to her, let alone believe her. It also reminds Maud of something else; another disappearance a long, long time ago.		Maud is a little forgetful as the rows of cooling cups of tea will attest. She also has a cupboard full of peaches for some reason but not to worry. She has a family who love her and rally round, a home help and her great friend Elizabeth. Come to think of it, Elizabeth seems to be missing and the notes that Maud writes herself each day keep reminding her of this. The problem is that no one will listen to her, let alone believe her. It also reminds Maud of something else; another disappearance a long, long time ago.