Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction and the Rathbones Folio Prize, Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. 'A moving, many-sided human story of great depth and tenderness, and a revelation of how art enriches life' - Sunday Times. Examining everything from old family photos to letters, tickets and recipes, she uncovers a series of secrets and lies perpetuated not just by her family but by the whole community and in doing so unlocks a mystery almost a century old. Decades later, Laura Cumming delves into the mystery surrounding her mother's disappearance. Five agonising days go by before she is discovered safe and well in a nearby village. The child remembers nothing of these events and at home, nobody ever speaks of them again. Nor was she told she was adopted until ten years after her disappearance. Her mother did not learn of the incident for decades. Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.Īutumn 1929 - a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. Epstein A Wordy Book About a Taciturn Town In Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother’s Disappearance as a Child, Laura Cumming sets out to solve the intriguing mystery of her mother’s brief abduction at age three. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD * 'A modern masterpiece' - Guardian
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