I love how Annemarie Neary writes. When I read her writing it doesn't feel like I'm reading, I'm just there. This is the story of a mother's disappearance and how her two adult children are coping with the reality that they never really knew her or what happened to her. Jess has barricaded herself against hurt with a child, husband, nice house and all consuming job. Her brother, Ro, has spent his life searching obsessively for his mother. Ro's behaviour becomes more manic, and Jess's life splits apart when a passport that their mother may have used comes to light. The characters are really well developed, the location was beautifully described. At the very end it was maybe a little neatly tied up for me, but I know a lot of readers like that.