Jewell, Lisa

It's been a decade since Laurel Mack's daughter Ellie went missing. In those years, Laurel has struggled to put her life together in the shadow of a thousand unanswered questions. When she finds herself in an unexpected and fast moving relationship with a man named Floyd, the questions are reignited as she meets Floyd daughter Poppy who bears an uncanny resemblance to her own missing daughter.

"Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged golden couple. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her whole life ahead of her. And then she was gone. Now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It's been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie's case was unearthed"--Jacket flap.

When their picture-perfect Cotswold village family life with a perpetually young father and hippy mother is shattered by a tragic Easter weekend, four siblings pursue separate adult lives before a reunion reveals astonishing truths.