51 pages • 1 hour read
Emma HealeyElizabeth is Missing
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
What are the challenges of a narrator with dementia? How does the author make these challenges work to her advantage?
What important details does the Prologue introduce?
Why is Maud’s short-term memory so poor when she is able to recall so many details from the past?
Why do you think the author chose the first person narrative technique? What are some limitations of first-person narration, and how do these impact the story?
Do you think that Frank intentionally murdered Sukey? What details from the novel support your point of view?
When Sukey goes missing, Maud begins collecting objects as clues. Years later, as an old woman with dementia, she begins collecting small objects again. Why does she do this? What do these objects represent to her?
What are the central mysteries of the novel? How does the narrative connect and resolve these mysteries?
Is Helen a good daughter to Maud? Why or why not?
How does World War II impact each of the characters in the book?
In what ways is Elizabeth Is Missing a mystery novel? In what ways is it different from a traditional mystery novel?
