Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91501 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-16
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Glamour
`There's more than a touch of fairytale about Cecelia Ahern's novels...
thanks to a liberal sprinking of magic.'

Heat
"brilliant...beautifully bittersweet"

Synopsis
The magical new novel from the number 1 bestselling author of "PS, I Love You" and "Where Rainbows End". Since Sandy Shortt's childhood schoolmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding becomes her goal - whether it's the odd sock that vanished in the washing machine, the car keys she misplaced in her rush to get to work or the graver issue of finding the people who vanish from their lives. Sandy dedicates her life to finding these missing people, offering devastated families a flicker of hope. Jack Ruttle is one of those desperate people. It's been a year since his brother, Donal vanished into thin air and the sleepless nights and frantic days aren't getting any easier. Thinking Sandy Shortt could well be the answer to his prayers, he embarks on a quest to find her. But, when Sandy goes missing too, her search ends when she stumbles upon the place - and people - she's been looking for all of her life. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from for so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit again, searching. Though this time, she is desperately trying to find her way home!

Customer Reviews

Imaginative and beautiful
If you have no imagination, don't bother with this book. You probably won't like it. Personally, I loved it. The heroine comes across the place where lost things and people go; it's a wonderfully developed idea and I fell in love with Ahern's books as a result of this novel. She writes with succint and moving prose, her characters are well defined and fascinating. It's like a child's fairy tale for grown ups.

Confusing
Enjoyed the book, but took ages to get into it and at some points I found myself confused as to what was happening!! Only really got into the book when I had figured out what was happening and nearer the end.

Thought Provoking
This was one of the best books I have read in a long time. I can't believe the amount of people who didn't like it. It really keeps you guessing till the end and for anyone who has ever lost a loved one it begs the question "is there really life after death"?? Sometimes you really do have to think 'outside of the box'! Brilliant.