{"product_id":"the-missing-word-9781609457624","title":"The Missing Word","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased on a true story, an urgently told psychological thriller and the fierce portrait of a woman in all her frailty and courage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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. A few days later the man takes his own life. Of the girls, there is no trace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609457624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Concita de Gregorio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42114585657525,"sku":"9781609457624","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d145ec04-8ec4-4249-91c9-7fd86334d8d1.jpg?v=1652152268","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-missing-word-9781609457624","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}