Emma Healeyová

Čo spravíte, ak máte vyše osemdesiat rokov a vaša najlepšia priateľka Elizabeth odrazu nereaguje na volanie ani neotvára dvere, keď naliehavo klopete. Spozorujete nákladné auto naložené jej majetkom a nepríjemného syna vašej priateľky, ktorého váš záujem otravuje a hnevá. Nejasne tušíte, že starej priateľke sa stalo niečo zlé. Upozorníte na to svoju chápavú dcéru, políciu, hocikoho, kto je ochotný vás vypočuť, ale to je všetko. Nikto vám neverí, zaregistrujete blahosklonné pohľady, ľútosť, poučovanie, dobre mienené rady aj výčitky. Nachádzate sa totiž v etape svojho života, keď vás vek oberá o fyzickú silu, pamäť, nie však o odvahu a zmysel pre dobro. A tak vám neostáva nič iné, len sa pustiť do pátrania na vlastnú päsť... ale ako, keď už sama presne neviete, čo je realita a čo ilúzia, a musíte si pomáhať lístočkami a poznámkami? Hlavná hrdinka Maud sa napriek tomu nedá odradiť. Ide predsa o záchranu človeka, odhalenie starých tajomstiev a nájdenie pravdy. Zároveň však aj o hľadanie pochopenia, o zachovanie toho, čo všetci potrebujeme práve vtedy, keď sme najslabší – ľudskej dôstojnosti a lásky.

Sunday Times Bestseller Elizabeth is Missing is the stunning, smash-hit debut novel from new author Emma Healey. This book was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2014. It was shortlisted for the National Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2014. It was also shortlisted for the National Book Awards New Writer of the Year 2014. This is Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. "A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp." (Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). "Elizabeth Is Missing will stir and shake you: the most likeably unreliable of narrators, real mystery at its compassionate core...". (Emma Donoghue, author of Room). "Resembling a version of Memento written by Alan Bennett." (Daily Telegraph). "One of those mythical beasts, the book you cannot put down." (Jonathan Coe, author of The Rotters Club). "Every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests. Gripping, haunting." (Observer). "If you're after a read you can't put down, then look no further." (New!). Meet Maud. Maud is forgetful. She makes a cup of tea and doesn't remember to drink it. She goes to the shops and forgets why she went. Sometimes her home is unrecognizable - or her daughter Helen seems a total stranger. But there's one thing Maud is sure of: her friend Elizabeth is missing. The note in her pocket tells her so. And no matter who tells her to stop going on about it, to leave it alone, to shut up, Maud will get to the bottom of it. Because somewhere in Maud's damaged mind lies the answer to an unsolved seventy-year-old mystery. One everyone has forgotten about. Everyone, except Maud...Emma Healey is 28 years old and grew up in London. She has spent most of her working life in libraries, bookshops and galleries. She completed the MA in Creative Writing: Prose at UEA in 2011. Elizabeth is Missing is her first novel.

In the award-winning Elizabeth is Missing debut novelist Emma Healey explored grandmother Maud's attempt to solve a 70-year-old mystery as she succumbed to dementia. Now, in her dazzling follow-up Whistle in the Dark, we meet Jen, mother to 15-year-old Lana - who has just been found after going missing for four desperate days. Lana can't talk about the missing days. As her daughter's life falls apart, Jen turns detective to discover what happened . . . How do you rescue someone who has already been found? Jen's fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police think the case is closed. The once-happy, loving family returns to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and sleeping with the light on. With her daughter increasingly becoming a stranger, Jen is sure the answer lies in those four missing days. But will Lana ever reveal what happened? 'A psychological thriller that meshes the homely with the Gothic' Literary Review 'Oozing with tension and written with captivating brilliance' Heat 'As gripping as its predecessor' Elle 'Gripping, deeply affecting' Irish Times

Jen has finally got her daughter home. But why does fifteen-year-old Lana still feel lost? When Lana goes missing for four desperate days and returns refusing to speak of what happened, Jen fears the very worst. She thinks she's failed as a mother, that her daughter is beyond reach and that she must do something - anything - to bring her back. The family returns to London where everyone but Jen seems happy to carry on as normal. Jen's husband Hugh thinks she's going crazy - and their eldest daughter Meg is tired of Lana getting all the attention. But Jen knows Lana has changed, and can't understand why. Does the answer lie in those four missing days? And how can Jen find out? 'As gripping as Elizabeth is Missing' Elle 'Utterly compelling' Rosamund Lupton '[A] satisfying, cathartic mystery' Jenny Colgan 'A compelling modern family drama with witty and wonderful characters. Utter bliss' Nina Stibbe, bestselling author of Love, Nina 'Intriguing and entertaining' Observer

Čo spravíte, ak máte vyše osemdesiat rokov a vaša najlepšia priateľka Elizabeth odrazu nereaguje na volanie ani neotvára dvere, keď naliehavo klopete. Spozorujete nákladné auto naložené jej majetkom a nepríjemného syna vašej priateľky, ktorého váš záujem otravuje a hnevá. Nejasne tušíte, že starej priateľke sa stalo niečo zlé. Upozorníte na to svoju chápavú dcéru, políciu, hocikoho, kto je ochotný vás vypočuť, ale to je všetko. Nikto vám neverí, zaregistrujete blahosklonné pohľady, ľútosť, poučovanie, dobre mienené rady aj výčitky. Nachádzate sa totiž v etape svojho života, keď vás vek oberá o fyzickú silu, pamäť, nie však o odvahu a zmysel pre dobro. A tak vám neostáva nič iné, len sa pustiť do pátrania na vlastnú päsť... ale ako, keď už sama presne neviete, čo je realita a čo ilúzia, a musíte si pomáhať lístočkami a poznámkami? Hlavná hrdinka Maud sa napriek tomu nedá odradiť. Ide predsa o záchranu človeka, odhalenie starých tajomstiev a nájdenie pravdy. Zároveň však aj o hľadanie pochopenia, o zachovanie toho, čo všetci potrebujeme práve vtedy, keď sme najslabší – ľudskej dôstojnosti a lásky.

Čo spravíte, ak máte vyše osemdesiat rokov a vaša najlepšia priateľka Elizabeth odrazu nereaguje na volanie ani neotvára dvere, keď naliehavo klopete. Spozorujete nákladné auto naložené jej majetkom a nepríjemného syna vašej priateľky, ktorého váš záujem otravuje a hnevá. Nejasne tušíte, že starej priateľke sa stalo niečo zlé. Upozorníte na to svoju chápavú dcéru, políciu, hocikoho, kto je ochotný vás vypočuť, ale to je všetko. Nikto vám neverí, zaregistrujete blahosklonné pohľady, ľútosť, poučovanie, dobre mienené rady aj výčitky. Nachádzate sa totiž v etape svojho života, keď vás vek oberá o fyzickú silu, pamäť, nie však o odvahu a zmysel pre dobro. A tak vám neostáva nič iné, len sa pustiť do pátrania na vlastnú päsť... ale ako, keď už sama presne neviete, čo je realita a čo ilúzia, a musíte si pomáhať lístočkami a poznámkami? Hlavná hrdinka Maud sa napriek tomu nedá odradiť. Ide predsa o záchranu človeka, odhalenie starých tajomstiev a nájdenie pravdy. Zároveň však aj o hľadanie pochopenia, o zachovanie toho, čo všetci potrebujeme práve vtedy, keď sme najslabší – ľudskej dôstojnosti a lásky.