The Vanishing of Margaret Small: An uplifting and page-turning mystery

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But, the opportunity to make her own choices is not available to her, which affects her for the rest of her life. Margaret Small ist so eine liebenswürdige Person, die trotz ihrer schweren Vergangenheit eine Leichtigkeit in sich hat, die mich immer wieder in Erstaunen versetzt hat.

Abandoned, alone, distraught and confused little Margaret is subjected to the most awful abuse at the hands of those who are meant to care for her and there are many uncomfortable scenes that literally broke my heart.My heart goes out to the Margarets of the world for the harsh and cruel treatment they received in places like St. The topic is a difficult one, about how people try and make their way in the world when they are dismissed and forgotten about. It is fair to say Margaret has had a tough time of things throughout the years, life and some people have not been kind to her. And even though Margaret went through a lot and had such a hard life she is still an amazingly kind and understanding person.

I loved listening to the audio voice of Margaret, the older woman telling us about life for her through decades of change and learning, both for herself and much more widely. As a lifelong superfan of Cilla Black, Margaret is grieving deeply since Cilla died and unable to read, she listens to Cilla’s autobiography on audible constantly.

But Margaret is who she is and I loved her so much for her kind heart and her innocent soul-I was so scared for her throughout and didn’t want her to be hurt anymore that she had been in the past. Back a few decades to a different social setting, giving insight into how those with differences were viewed, but just as importantly, insight into Margaret's own mind through it all.

On the contrary, the author thoughtfully makes use of this aspect of Margaret’s personality in almost every chapter. all eventually leaving her behind; the work, some of which she liked, especially when she was good at it, some of which it was wrong to make patients do.Instead, Margaret was labelled as “incapable” and shoved away out of sight, and for a long time, out of mind.