- Hardcover: 260 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) (2 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0618441441
- ISBN-13: 978-0618441440
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,298,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The story of a mother's search for her missing adult daughter, and the desperate measures that daughter will take to stay missing.
Miranda crashes her car late at night on a lonely highway. She is picked up by a stranger who, very quickly, is revealed to have other plans for her. But no one knows Miranda is missing. Her father, a CIA pilot, died in mysterious circumstances over Central America in the eighties. And she and Anne, her mother, have lost touch.
Then Anne contacts her daughter. No one has heard of her for two months; it seems unlikely that Anne will find her alive. But she is, and maybe she doesn't want to be found. Maybe George, her highway rescuer, means nothing by his unexplained appearances, and is unconnected to rumours of a serial killer stalking young women. Maybe her mother will find her in time.
Maybe not. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Miranda crashes her car late at night on a lonely highway. She is picked up by a stranger who, very quickly, is revealed to have other plans for her. But no one knows Miranda is missing. Her father, a CIA pilot, died in mysterious circumstances over Central America in the eighties. And she and Anne, her mother, have lost touch.
Then Anne contacts her daughter. No one has heard of her for two months; it seems unlikely that Anne will find her alive. But she is, and maybe she doesn't want to be found. Maybe George, her highway rescuer, means nothing by his unexplained appearances, and is unconnected to rumours of a serial killer stalking young women. Maybe her mother will find her in time.
Maybe not. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Kelly Braffet was born in California, and has lived in Arizona, rural Pennsylvania, England and New York. She has a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA from Columbia University. She currently lies in Brooklyn.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
An alternately thrilling and touching read
17 Oct 2006
Format:Hardcover
If you've read Braffet's first novel, Josie and Jack, her vivid prose and extraordinary knack for verbal and emotional illustration in Last Seen Leaving will come as no great surprise. ...Although it may be against the law of averages to have a relatively new author hit the nail so squarely on the head two times in a row.
If you're looking to get swept away by a marvelously written and unforgettable story, do yourself a favor and buy them both.
If you're looking to get swept away by a marvelously written and unforgettable story, do yourself a favor and buy them both.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
great read from a rising star author
24 Nov 2006
Format:Hardcover
Just finished reading "Last Seen Leaving," the new novel by Kelly Braffet and I want to say: it's terrific. Dark, smart, thrilling, it follows a young woman named Miranda whose father disappeared in a mysterious plane crash over South America. She herself is constantly on the run, running from her past, her fears, intimacy...and possibly, a serial killer. This is a book about the secrets we keep from each other and ourselves, sometimes out of love, sometimes out of fear. Can't recommend this book highly enough!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A stylish, provocative thriller
7 Nov 2006
Format:Hardcover
Wow! Someone just drank a big bottle of Genius and her name is Kelly Braffet! I didn't think that she could possibly top her first novel, JOSIE AND JACK, a creepy love story that had style to burn.
But she did.
On the surface, LAST SEEN LEAVING is a thriller about Anne Cassidy's search for her lost daughter Miranda, and the dual story of Miranda's dangerous new life in a Maryland beach town. Dark subplots abound: a mysterious stranger with a fixation for Miranda; the still unresolved disappearance of Anne's husband, a CIA pilot; and a serial killer on the loose, who lovingly dyes the hair of his victims post-mortem. You just can't put it down.
But it's also a truly thought-provoking piece of work that asks all kinds of questions about identity, about the masks we wear, and the faces our loved ones show us. What a great book.
But she did.
On the surface, LAST SEEN LEAVING is a thriller about Anne Cassidy's search for her lost daughter Miranda, and the dual story of Miranda's dangerous new life in a Maryland beach town. Dark subplots abound: a mysterious stranger with a fixation for Miranda; the still unresolved disappearance of Anne's husband, a CIA pilot; and a serial killer on the loose, who lovingly dyes the hair of his victims post-mortem. You just can't put it down.
But it's also a truly thought-provoking piece of work that asks all kinds of questions about identity, about the masks we wear, and the faces our loved ones show us. What a great book.
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