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The Missing Word - A Novel - cover

The Missing Word - A Novel

Concita de Gregorio

Maison d'édition: Europa Editions

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A BEST BOOK OF 2022 (CrimeReads)  Based on a true story, an urgently told psychological thriller and the fierce portrait of a woman in all her frailty and courage  Irina’s life with her husband and her twin daughters is orderly. An Italian living in Switzerland, she works as a lawyer. One day, something breaks. The marriage ends without apparent trauma, but on a weekend seemingly like any other, the girls’ father takes Alessia and Livia away with him. They disappear. A few days later the man takes his own life. Of the girls, there is no trace.  Concita De Gregorio takes the unadorned, terrible facts of this true story and embodies the protagonist’s voice. In a narrative that is fast and urgent, she unravels these traumatic events to tell the story of a mother bereft of her children – a state for which there is no word.  The Missing Word delves deep into Irina’s thoughts and memories as she grasps at the shreds of truth and, piece by piece, stitches her life back together.
Disponible depuis: 05/07/2022.
Longueur d'impression: 116 pages.

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