Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child

“It is just a remarkably well-structured memoir, in terms of revelation piling upon revelation upon revelation. She’s plainly dealing with a family that has been very tight-lipped, and has tried to shut down all manner of secrets, about what has happened in family life. So I think it reads, especially in its tail end, in a very thriller-ish way as all of this information comes to light.” Read more...

The Best of Memoir: the 2020 NBCC Autobiography Shortlist

Mark Athitakis