Thanks EPPM. I was a bit disappointed that my question didn't get answered, probably because I didn't ask it in the right 'format'. Never mind.
Dgd is doing fine, I have made her a dress to go to her first wedding in, she was very unimpressed when we tried it on, hope she doesn't cry all during the reception. She looks a real poppet in it though.

Here DutchOma! (hows that new little GC doing then?)

Tiillybookclub, obviously

Tillybokclub, Did we ever get any answers to our questions from Catherine O'Flynn?

I also thought it was one of the best novels I've read in the last few years. The first part of the book was brilliant not only for its humour (I laughed out loud on page 1), but also for the way it makes the reader love Kate, which then creates a real sense of loss throughout the rest of the book. Funny, sad, atmospheric, original. I'm also looking forward to reading the author's next book.

I don't like either of the covers!

The first one is ugly and unhelpful; the second looks like a cheesy thriller imho.

I liked the original cover actually... much more than the second, which is too stark I think IYSWIM

Missed the chat, but I did want to say how much I really enjoyed this book. I read it last year. Very well done - one of the best first novels I have read in the last decade. Looking forward to Catherine's second.

I wonder if she is really annoyed that her original publishers gave her such an AWFUL cover? here

This one - not sure if it's a reprint or an overseas edition - is much better here. Spooky hints of blurry figures on CCTV in a book about a lost child - I think we all know what that evokes...

I meant to join in too - a message for Catherine - Toby S says hello from the High St days.(It's his missus BTW) Read the book last year and loved it, as did T - in fact it's the only book I've known him finish in 9 years!

Sorry meant to join in but have been busy. I would have liked more physical description of the characters, i felt i couldn't picture them at all, especially lisa. I also thought the pace would have been better if she had jumped back and forth in time more, it was i bit slow. Otherwise i loved it.