33 - How to Be Lost, by Amanda Eyreward, 290 pages, Ballantine Books, 2005
WHY I PICKED IT: Nick Hornby recommended it in one of his essays on books.
ELAPSED TIME: 3 days
RATING: Very Good
This is a really well written story... Of the impact on a family when the youngest child, Ellie (aged 5) goes missing. This (already dysfunctional) family almost completely unfray. Eyreward tells multiple stories... the main one is 15 years later, from the perspective of the oldest sister (Caroline), but she interweaves several other stories... and pulls it all together into a nice bow at the end :).
Great literature? No. An entertaining read that'll leave you generally satisfied? Absolutely!
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