The Moon is Missing - Ogden, Jenni

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Biographie:
Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Her new novel, 'Dancing with Dragons', is the winner of the Gold Medal for Best Fiction, Australia/New Zealand-Aotearoa/Pacific Rim in the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Jenni and husband John often spend winters in Far North Tropical Queensland, close to Killara, the fictional home in' Call My Name', her third novel. Her debut novel published in 2016, 'A Drop in the Ocean', won multiple awards and has sold over 85,000 copies. Her second novel, 'The Moon is Missing', was published in 2020 and is set in London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and on Great Barrier Island, NZ! Jenni-who holds a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society in 2015- is well-known for her books featuring her patients' moving stories: 'Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology', and 'Trouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist's Casebook'....

Sommaire:
From Jenni Ogden, author of multiple award-winning A Drop in the Ocean, comes a gripping tale of family secrets and mother-daughter conflict set in London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and on a remote island off the coast of New Zealand. Georgia Grayson has perfected the art of being two people: a neurosurgeon on track to becoming the first female Director of Neurosurgery at a large London hospital, and a wife and mother. Home is her haven where, with husband Adam's support, she copes with her occasional anxiety attacks. That is until her daughter, 15-year-old Lara, demands to know more about Danny, her mysterious biological father from New Orleans who died before she was born. Who was he? Why did he die? WHO AM I? Trouble is, Georgia can't tell her. As escalating panic attacks prevent her from operating, and therapy fails to bring back the memories she has repressed, fractures rip through her once happy family. Georgia sees only one way forward? -- to return to New Orleans where Danny first sang his way into her heart, and then to the rugged island where he fell to his death. Somehow she must uncover the truth Lara deserves, whatever the cost. ...