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She was gone book6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s time to let her go – it’s already destroyed the family. Laurel will never stop hoping that she is found, but realises this is an unlikely dream. ![]() Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Penguin Random House) ISBN 9781780896427Įllie was fifteen, in love and the apple of her mother’s eye when she disappeared. Then She Was Gone may seem implausible at times, but it’s so well-written, you’ll hardly notice. ![]() She creates characters so real that you know you could meet them in the street. Lisa Jewell is one of my favourite authors. When she meets his nine-year-old daughter, Poppy, she’s shocked. Poppy is precocious and pretty – and she looks just like Ellie. Laurel and Paul’s marriage disintegrates, and their other two children are alienated in the process.Īs Laurel finally comes to terms with the loss of Ellie, a charming stranger named Floyd sweeps her off her feet. ![]() Then She Was Gone is a heart-breaking story about a mother’s worst nightmare, and how it destroys a family. It’s been ten years since the beautiful 15-year-old, Ellie Mack disappeared, but Laurel never gave up hope of finding her daughter. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Century) ISBN: 9781780896427 ![]()
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