Play Book Tag discussion

82-year-old Maud is convinced that her best friend Elizabeth is missing and needs her help. No one believes her - not the police, her caretakers, even Maud's own daughter, Helen. Maud is quickly slipping into dementia and cannot hold onto her thoughts for more than a few minutes. Leaving notes for herself that she carries in her pockets, Maud attempts to find her friend over and over again. While searching for Elizabeth, memories from 70 years before begin to trickle back into Maud's memory, the memory of the disappearance of her older sister Sukey just after the close of World War II. As the two women become confused in Maud's mind, the answer to a decades old mystery will finally be revealed.

The premise of this book is a very good one with a satisfying ending. Maud is the narrator of the story and it is difficult to maneuver through the story within Maud's dementia. I found it both sad and frustrating much as it is in real life. My own mother suffered from dementia so I understand the emotions that Helen faced on a daily basis. Three hundred pages of Maud's confusion was nearly overwhelming to me.