Ebook {Epub PDF} On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons by Laura Cumming

 · I n Laura Cumming’s mother Betty was kidnapped from a beach in Lincolnshire. It was autumn, with few people around, but after “a prolonged moment of parental inattention”, the three Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.  · And so it is with On Chapel Sands. When Cumming’s mother sat down in the s to write the memoir for her daughter, ‘she still knew nothing about the kidnap, or her existence before it Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.  · Decades later her daughter, Laura Cumming, delves into her mother's early life (her mother now calls herself Elizabeth) using old family photographs, letters and other items to unlock the mystery. What she uncovers is a conspiracy of silence involving the whole community and .

In On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons, Laura Cumming tells the incredible story of her mother's disappearance as a young girl, and spools back and forward in time to create a compelling narrative that reads like a detective story. The mystery surrounding her mother's disappearance begins on a beach in Lincolnshire in. (On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons) [PDF READ] ↠ Laura Cumming INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Acclaimed New York Times bes. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons by Laura Cumming (, Hardback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons by Laura Cumming. **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**. **SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD**. 'A modern masterpiece' Guardian. 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. Cumming began with a few criss-crossing lives in this fraction of English coast - the postman, the grocer, the elusive baker - but soon her search spread right out across the globe as she discovered just how many lives were affected by what happened that day on the beach - including her own. On Chapel Sands is a book of mystery and memoir. Two narratives run through it- the mother's childhood tale; and Cumming's own pursuit of the truth. On Chapel Sands is a book of mystery and memoir. Two narratives run through it: the mother's childhood tale; and Cumming's own pursuit of the truth. Humble objects light up the story: a pie dish, a carved box, an old Vick's jar. Letters, tickets, recipe books, even the particular slant of a copperplate hand give vital clues.