Details:
- author: Lisa Jewell
- full title: The Night She Disappeared
- narrator: Joanne Froggatt
- genre: mystery, thriller
- topics: #teenparenting #friends #family
- publisher: Penguin Audio
- publish date: 04.01.2018
- timing: 11:56:00
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
Excerpt from the Book:
Kim has never liked babies. She liked her own well enough, but did find the early years testing and ill-suited to her sensibilities. From the first night that both her children slept through the night, Kim has placed a very -possibly disproportionately- high value on an unbroken night. She had her kids young and easily had time enough and room in her heart for another one or two. But she could not face the prospect of sleepless nights again. For years she has protected her sleep vigilantly with the help of eye masks and earplugs and pillow sprays and huge tubs of melatonin that her friend brings back for her from the States.
And then, just over twelve months ago, her teenage daughter, Tallulah, had a baby. And now Kim is a grandmother at the age of thirty-nine and there is a crying baby in her house again, soon, it feels, so soon, after her own babies stopped crying.
My Thoughts
It was Saturday morning, and teen parents Tallulah and Zack didn’t come home from a night out. Even after a few days, they didn’t come home, and the police didn’t find any clues of where they might be. But Tallulah’s mother believes her daughter would never abandon her son. So, she thinks something happened to her. About a year after this event, Sophy, a mystery writer, moves to the village and soon after discovers a “dig here” sign. She digs and finds a small box. As it later turns out, what’s in the box is connected to Tallulah and Zack.
We follow the events before the disappearance, those right after, and one year later when Sophie finds a box. Pacing is slower than one would expect, but this way, we get to know the characters and events better.
This was my first novel by Lisa Jewell. I have to say that it’s not bad, and I liked it. For me, it was a better experience in an audiobook format. The narrator was great; she used different voices and tones for each character. And even though it is almost 12 hours long, time flies by when you listen to it.
About the Author:
Lisa was born in London in 1968. Her mother was a
secretary and her father was a textile agent and she was brought up in
the northernmost reaches of London with her two younger sisters. She was
educated at a Catholic girls’ Grammar school in Finchley. After leaving
school at sixteen she spent two years at Barnet College doing an arts
foundation course and then two years at Epsom School of Art & Design
studying Fashion Illustration and Communication.
She worked for
the fashion chain Warehouse for three years as a PR assistant and then
for Thomas Pink, the Jermyn Street shirt company for four years as a
receptionist and PA. She started her first novel, Ralph’s Party, for a
bet in 1996. She finished it in 1997 and it was published by Penguin
books in May 1998. It went on to become the best-selling debut novel of
that year.
She has since written a further nine novels, as is currently at work on her eleventh.
She
now lives in an innermost part of north London with her husband Jascha,
an IT consultant, her daughters, Amelie and Evie and her silver
tabbies, Jack and Milly.
