![]() ![]() ![]() Deborah learns to let go by starting a new family, while Richard-chaotic and unchanging in his grief-descends into drink, silently waiting for his little girl to return.Īlthough Joanna Vine’s case is never actually closed, there is gradually less and less to report. ![]() But no trace of Joanna is ever found,Īnd the girl's presence becomes a ghost, melting into the past like a wisp of memory or a forgotten celebrity. While the sun appears low in the sky and shadows lay over streets and houses, a frantic search of theĬity center turns into a coordinated operation. With her dark hair, thin face and one chipped tooth, Joanna’s inexplicable loss begins a never-ending nightmare of recrimination and sadness. In Blue Monday, author Nicci French posits the searing emotional wasteland of London one hot summer afternoon in 1987.įive-year-old Joanna Vine goes missing outside a sweetshop, leaving her sister, Rose, devastated and her parents, Deborah and Richard, unable to comprehend the tragedy or the despair. ![]() Book review: Nicci French's *Blue Monday* ![]()
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