Новинки Эммы Хили

Мод — жінка вісімдесяти двох років, яка з кожним днем пам’ятає дедалі менше про те, хто вона. Хвороба Альцгеймера стирає минуле, наче гумка. Старенька пише записки, щоб не забути про дуже важливу річ: про те, що сталося з її давньою подругою Елізабет. Мод не знає, куди та зникла. Може, тому, що вона нікуди й не зникала? Чи її взагалі ніколи не було?.. Одначе Елізабет не єдина «загублена». Сестра Мод, Сьюкі, так само розчинилась у часі та просторі. Чи мають ці зникнення якийсь зв’язок? Чи це лише хвороблива уява літньої жінки, яка геть нічого не пам’ятає. Або ж навпаки, тільки вона й пам’ятає все…

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?

After the best-selling, Costa First Novel award-winning Elizabeth Is Missing comes Whistle in the Dark....

How do you rescue someone who has already been found?

Jen's 15-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 police draw a blank. The once happy, loving family return to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: making secretive phone calls, hiding books under her bed, sleeping with the light on.

As Lana stays stubbornly silent, Jen sets out to solve the mystery behind her daughter's disappearance herself....

Wie würden Sie sich fühlen, wenn Ihnen keiner mehr glaubt? Und Sie nicht mehr sicher sind, ob Sie sich selbst noch glauben können? Genauso ergeht es Maud, die an Alzheimer leidet - und die ihre Freundin vermisst. In diesem faszinierenden Roman machen wir uns gemeinsam mit Maud auf die Suche nach der verschwundenen Elizabeth und erleben dabei hautnah, wie hilflos und verletzlich Maud sich selbst und ihrer Umwelt gegenübersteht.

Mit überwältigender Intensität und Emotionalität schafft es die erst 28-jährige Autorin, eine völlig neue Sicht auf Alter und Alzheimer zu eröffnen.

Wie würden Sie sich fühlen, wenn Ihnen keiner mehr glaubt? Und Sie nicht mehr sicher sind, ob Sie sich selbst noch glauben können? Genauso ergeht es Maud, die an Alzheimer leidet und die ihre Freundin vermisst.

In diesem faszinierenden Roman machen wir uns gemeinsam mit Maud auf die Suche nach der verschwundenen Elizabeth und erleben dabei hautnah, wie hilflos und verletzlich Maud sich selbst und ihrer Umwelt gegenübersteht. Mit überwältigender Intensität und Emotionalität schafft es die erst 28-jährige Autorin, eine völlig neue Sicht auf Alter und Alzheimer zu eröffnen.

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...

What if you could remember just one thing? 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. Back home she finds the place horribly unrecognizable - just like she sometimes thinks her daughter Helen is 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...

What if you could remember just one thing? 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. Back home she finds the place horribly unrecognizable - just like she sometimes thinks her daughter Helen is 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...

У восьмидесятилетней Мод Стенли серьезные проблемы с памятью. Она моментально забывает все, что произошло с нею буквально пять минут назад. Порою даже не может вспомнить свою дочь, которая приходит к ней каждый день. При этом события своей юности она помнит ярко и в мельчайших подробностях. Но одна мысль крепко-накрепко засела в ее мозгу: Мод считает, что ее ближайшая подруга Элизабет недавно пропала, и ее необходимо найти. И вот, ежеминутно теряясь во времени и пространстве, Мод пытается выяснить, куда подевалась Элизабет, при этом постоянно вспоминая подробности еще одного загадочного исчезновения – своей сестры Сьюки в конце 1940-х…