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Product Description From the bestselling author of P.S. I LOVE YOU and LOVE, ROSIE, comes a tale of a woman who learns that sometimes it takes losing everything to truly find yourself...Since Sandy Shortt's childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding what is lost becomes her single-minded goal--from the lone sock that vanishes in the washing machine to the car keys she misplaced. It's no surprise, then, that Sandy's life's work becomes finding people who have vanished from their loved ones. Sandy's family is baffled and concerned by her increasing preoccupation. Her parents can't understand her compulsion, and she pushes them away further by losing herself in the work of tracking down these missing people. She gives up her life in order to offer a flicker of hope to devastated families...and escape the disappointments of her own.Jack Ruttle is one of those devastated people. It's been a year since his brother Donal vanished into thin air, and he has enlisted Sandy Shortt to find him. But before she is able to offer Jack the information he so desperately needs, Sandy goes missing too...and Jack now finds himself searching for his brother and the one woman who understood his pain.One minute Sandy is jogging through the park, the next, she can't figure out where she is. The path is obscured. Nothing is familiar. A clearing up ahead reveals a camp site, and it's there that Sandy discovers the impossible: she has inadvertently stumbled upon the place-- and people--she's been looking for all her life, a land where all the missing people go. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from for so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit again, searching. Though this time, she is desperately trying to find her way home... Amazon.com Review Acclaimed novelist Cecelia Ahern'sThere's No Place Like Here tells the story of Sandy Shortt, an obsessive-compulsive Missing Persons investigator who suddenly finds he
Sandy Shortt's obsession with finding missing things leads her to disappear herself, only to discover a place where all the lost people go. Sandy, a compulsive investigator of missing persons, dedicates her life to locating those who have vanished, a pursuit that alienates her family and serves as an escape from her own disappointments. When she takes on the case of Jack Ruttle's missing brother, her own disappearance plunges Jack into a desperate search for both his brother and Sandy. Sandy's sudden vanishing act leads her to an extraordinary clearing in a park, revealing a campsite and the impossible: a land where all missing people reside. Now, in this world far from home, Sandy must use her skills to find her way back.
Acclaimed novelist Cecelia Ahern's "There's No Place Like Here" (originally titled "The Year I Met You" and later "Where the Missing Go") explores themes of loss, obsession, and self-discovery through the lens of a compulsive missing persons investigator. The narrative weaves a compelling mystery with elements of magical realism as Sandy Shortt's personal quest leads her to an extraordinary place. Readers and critics have noted Ahern's signature blend of emotional depth and imaginative storytelling. The premise sets up a profound exploration of what it means to be lost and the inherent human desire to be found.
Page Count:
371
Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Harper Collins Promotion
ISBN-10:
0007832095
ISBN-13:
9780007832095
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