Missing: a Memoir

Publisher Marketing: A beautifully written, intensely poignant memoir that looks at grief, family dynamics, and what happens when your world comes crashing down. A twenty-five-year-old recent graduate of Columbia University's MFA program, Lindsay Harrison began writing "Missing "as a way to cope with a terrible loss. During her sophomore year at Brown University, Lindsay received a phone call from her brother that her mother was missing. Forty days later they discover the unthinkable: their mother's body had been found in the ocean. "Missing "is at first a page-turning account of those first forty days, as it chronicles dealings with detectives, false sightings, wild hope, and deep despair. The balance of the story is a candid, emotional exploration of a daughter's search for solace after tragedy as she tries to understand who her mother truly was, makes peace with her grief, and becomes closer to her father and brothers as her mother's death forces her to learn more about her mother than she ever knew before. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/25/2011 (EAN 9781451611939, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2011 (EAN 9781451611939, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 08/02/2011 (EAN 9781451611939, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Harrison, Lindsay Lindsay Harrison grew up in Massachusetts, and attended Brown University and Columbia School of the Arts. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is her first book.