{"product_id":"9781787703698-the-missing-word","title":"The Missing Word","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the mother who has lost her children, there are no words\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Like Truman Capote’s\u003cem\u003e In Cold Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, De Gregorio takes a true story and reveals what life cannot. Extraordinary.”–\u003cem\u003eGrazia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIrina’s life with her husband and her twin daughters is orderly. An Italian living in Switzerland, she works as a lawyer. One day, something breaks. The marriage ends without apparent trauma, but on a weekend seemingly like any other, the girls’ father takes Alessia and Livia away with him. They disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few days later the man takes his own life. Of the girls, there is no trace. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcita De Gregorio takes the unadorned, terrible facts of this true story and embodies the protagonist’s voice. In a narrative that is fast and urgent, she unravels these traumatic events to tell the story of a mother bereft of her children – a state for which there is no word. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn urgently told story and a fierce portrait of a woman in all her frailty and courage, \u003cem\u003eThe Missing Word\u003c\/em\u003e delves deep into Irina’s thoughts and memories as she grasps at the shreds of truth and, piece by piece, stitches her life back together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535942951286,"sku":"9781787703698","price":9.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36339462.jpg?v=1774283495","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787703698-the-missing-word","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}