LAURA CUMMING
ON chapel sands: MY MOTHER AND OTHER MISSING PERSONS
Shortlisted for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize.
OUTLINE
Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a closer look at her family story.
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Kidnapping and a community’s silence ... the story of the disappearance of the author’s mother, aged three, is a highly skilful uncovering of family secrets. A modern masterpiece. - The Guardian.
In telling two tales – that of her mother’s childhood and her own story of how the truth was eventually unravelled – Cumming illuminates the darkness of secrets, shame and betrayal and their effects in a riveting book. - The Scotsman.
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