Now You See Her
by Joy Fielding
Review: Joy Fielding captures the heartbreak of a 52-year-old mother, whose daughter was lost in the cold waters of Georgian Bay but whose body was never found, in Now You See Her, a novel of suspense.
Marcy Taggart believes her daughter, Devon, may be out there, somewhere, alive and well. It's been a difficult two years since Devon's presumed death, and now it's just gotten worse: while planning a trip to Ireland to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, Marcy's husband asks for a divorce as he's fallen in love with someone else. Marcy's older sister convinces her to go ahead with the trip to Ireland, a first step in rebuilding her life. But while strolling down a street, she's sure she sees Devon in the distance … but loses sight of her in the crowd. Showing her picture around, someone in a small pub recognizes her, but knows her as Audrey. She's desperate to find Devon — or Audrey — and knows that until she does, she'll never be at peace.
Though much of the suspense of Now You See Her is derived from Marcy's search for her daughter, and the potentially suspicious motives of those who she enlists to help her, it is the Marcy herself that will compel readers to continue turning the pages. A deeply conflicted woman, her strength is at times her most telling weakness, and her story is one that is both troubling and rewarding … and well worth getting to know.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Now You See Her.
Acknowledgment: Simon & Schuster provided a copy of Now You See Her for this review.
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Location(s) referenced in Now You See Her: Ireland
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Now You See Her by Joy Fielding
Publisher: Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-4165-8531-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8531-2
Publication Date: February 2011
List Price: $25.99
Synopsis (from the publisher): Fifty-year-old Marcy Taggart’s life is in shambles. Two years ago, her twenty-one-year-old daughter, Devon, perished in a canoeing accident. Her body was never found in the icy waters of Georgian Bay, and as a result Marcy has never fully accepted her death. She continues to see the young woman’s face in crowds and has even stopped strangers on the street, certain she has finally discovered her long lost daughter.
Now in Ireland, on what was originally intended to be a celebration of her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary — if, that is, her husband had not left her for another woman — Marcy yet again thinks she sees her daughter, casually strolling past her on the sidewalk. So begins Marcy’s desperate search to find Devon, to find herself, and to find the disturbing truth that might, in the end, be her only salvation.