Oh, wow, if I didn't have to do annoying things like sleep, I would have read this entirely in one sitting. I super loved Elizabeth is Missing! The story is told by Maud who is an elderly widow with a couple of middle-aged kids and a good friend named Elizabeth. Maud is at that age where she knows too many people who have died, forgets some daily essentials, and falls easily into vividly reliving memories. As the story progresses, Maud's mental state becomes increasingly problematic and frustrating for her and those around her. She clings to scattered memos to guide her daily activities all the while clinging to her battlecry that "Elizabeth is missing." Elizabeth's fate and Maud's quest to find her drive the novel onward as Maud simultaneously continues to recount the story her own sister's unsolved disappearance fifty years prior. The story is lovely, heartbreaking, and intriguing and seems to truly express the frustration and pain of growing older and suffering from dementia.