
Missing Pieces by Tim Weaver
Insights from Missing Pieces
“If you lose your past, what do you have left?”
Rebekah has to look at old photos of her brother to see if he was ever really there. It makes you wonder how much of your childhood is just stories you were told.
Crow Island feels like a character that wants to keep its secrets. Moving back to a small town means every neighbor is a potential liar.
“The dead don't stay buried. Not really.”
Finding a suitcase full of someone else's life is terrifying. It shows how easily a person can be reduced to a few objects and a name no one says.
Rebekah realizes her parents built their entire lives on a foundation of silence. You can live with someone for decades and never truly know their original name.
- Published
- 2021
- Publisher
- Penguin
- ISBN
- 9781405943772
- Language
- EN