One Puzzling Afternoon

De: Emily Critchley

Narrado por: Elizabeth Sastre

Duración: 10 h y 19 m

Resumen del Editor

Perfect for listeners of Elizabeth is Missing with notes of The Maid comes a dual-timeline novel that balances heartfelt tenderness with a suspenseful mystery as elderly Edie Green uncovers the clues behind her best friend's disappearance before the truth is lost in her memory forever

I kept your secret Lucy. I've kept it for more than sixty years...

It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street, fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living with her eccentric mother and her mother's new boyfriend, she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life. So when the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. Even though Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep. Then Lucy goes missing.

Now in 2018, Edie is eighty-four and still living in the same small town, when one afternoon she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen. Her family write it off as one of her many mix ups, there's a lot Edie gets confused about these days. But Edie knows she's the key to finding Lucy. Time is running out and Edie must piece together the clues before Lucy is forgotten forever.

©2023 Emily Critchley (P)2023 Recorded Books

So very good.

One of the best I’ve listened to in a long time. There is a 15 word minimum.

Unique prospective

This was such a unique book, I may have to buy the book to go along with the audio. I won’t say spoil it for others. But this was truly one of the best stories I’ve ever heard

Memory and its importance. Women need to stand up for themselves. What a different time it was.

Lucy is not a nice person Poor Edie seems solely to focus on Lucy. Too much emphasis on Lucy and that took away from the story for me. Happy I completed the book because several times I was frustrated with the slow story line.

Loved it

I enjoyed the unfolding of the story from the perspective of the main character as she recalled her past and present experiences and her thoughts throughout

Memory is the Diary

Brilliant betrayal of living with dementia…and with the fruits of our decisions. Thoroughly engaging.

Strange and riveting story

very well crafted mystery about one woman, as a 15 year old in 1951, and an octogenarian almost 70 years later. Impressive!

Such a poignant story

My mother had dementia and the book made me realize how it must have been for her. She has been gone for several year but I feel closer to her as I listened to the story. Thank you for this beautiful gift of a book.

Too depressing

This went on for too long. I also found it hard to believe she never told anyone what she knew.

Sad

Sad to me because I'm of that age and concerned with my own memory. Sad because dementia is just awful yet it was portrayed so well in this book. Sad because of feeling guilty for one's entire life for things one didn't do, for instance the death of Edie's father and Lucy. Sad to reach end of life still looking for something lost. That being said, I think the book was well-written and I enjoyed listening to it.

intriguing mystery from beginning to end!

The narrator was excellent! Author flip the story between past and present seamlessly! Enjoyed it!!