BEFORE YOU START
The premise
Ellie Mack was fifteen when she disappeared. Ten years later, her mother, Laurel, still does not know what happened. She begins a relationship with Floyd, and his daughter's resemblance to Ellie brings those questions back.
Why the setup appeals
- A family ten years on
- Ten years after Ellie disappears, Laurel is still living with unanswered questions. Choose it for the family left behind.
- A new relationship, an old loss
- Laurel's life is moving forward with Floyd when his daughter reminds her of Ellie. The past returns through her new relationship.
IS IT YOUR NEXT READ?
A good match for your shelf?
Choose this if you want to follow a mother who is still living with her daughter's disappearance years later.
Something to keep in mind
The premise concerns a missing teenager and a family that never got answers. The publisher's page also hosts a discussion guide that reveals later events.
Book information
Read more about the story from its publisher or author.
Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell
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