This is a post for our Librarian / adult followers. If you like a story with issues, then our would-be rescuer of last year, Elizabeth Kay, is a good author to read. Her children’s Divide trilogy took a wonderful sideways poke at the pharmaceutical industry giants in a most thought-provoking way. Her new book for the adult market looks at some very different issues, and is clearly aimed at the women’s fiction market. Despite not being in the target audience for this book, I found myself surprised by how easily Elizabeth drew me into the story with her fictional reality TV show ‘The Missing Link’. I raced through the book in no time flat as I found myself more and more intrigued by the characters and the nature of the ‘Missing Link’ that the show’s researchers had found between them.

The host of the show is a particularly intriguing character for many reasons.

I don’t want to post spoilers here, but suffice it to say I felt this book would make a brilliant choice for adult book groups, as it raises lots of issues for discussion. In particular it raises some very pointed questions about how far Reality TV shows should be allowed to develop and about morality issues surrounding fertility treatments for older women. There is even a section at the back with suggested questions (I understand this is becoming more common in women’s literature, but I’d never seen it before).

If you’re stuck for a Mother’s Day present, you could do a lot worse than look out a copy of Missing Link for your Mum. You might have to make your own dinner for a couple of days, as she’ll have her nose stuck in the book, but that’s a small price to pay, isn’t it?

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