As a newcomer to Joy Fielding, this was wonderful surprise
I’d never come across author Joy Fielding before and I’m glad to say “She’s Not There” was a delight and kept me enthralled from the beginning to the end. I particularly liked the way the book slipped between the current and past and how the past eventually became the current.
The story of the disappeared toddler is one we’re all aware of and it would be nice to think that in the real life tale the answer could be the same, but of course it can’t and is very unlikely ever to be so. The book also does well in showing how marriages dissolve into chaos under such pressure, where one partner can move on, though never forgetting, and the other partner never can. Also exposed is sibling rivalry, so commonplace if the parents are obsessed with a new arrival and push the worries and fears of the older child to on side.
The book gradually brings all the protagonists together in a final scene, quite suited to a Poirot or a Columbo.
I would highly recommend this to both newcomers and others who already follow Joy Fielding. To the new readers I would just say, it’s a great worth while read.
The story of the disappeared toddler is one we’re all aware of and it would be nice to think that in the real life tale the answer could be the same, but of course it can’t and is very unlikely ever to be so. The book also does well in showing how marriages dissolve into chaos under such pressure, where one partner can move on, though never forgetting, and the other partner never can. Also exposed is sibling rivalry, so commonplace if the parents are obsessed with a new arrival and push the worries and fears of the older child to on side.
The book gradually brings all the protagonists together in a final scene, quite suited to a Poirot or a Columbo.
I would highly recommend this to both newcomers and others who already follow Joy Fielding. To the new readers I would just say, it’s a great worth while read.