Vanished

April 1975. The entire community of the leafy Dublin suburb, Dun Laoghaire, is shocked and baffled at the sudden disappearance of eighteen-year-old Lucinda Gray, a quiet unassuming girl who has always blended into the background. What could have happened in a seemingly un­eventful life to make her vanish, as if into thin air? What happened in the days, months and years after her disappearance?

This is a tale, spanning two countries and eleven years, telling of the courage and determination of a young girl making the most of the challenging cards life has dealt her, and the strength and resilience of her loved ones in dealing with the de­va­station of her loss.

The Author

Susan McGovern (nee Monahan) was born, raised and educated in Dublin, obtaining a Science degree in Trinity College. She taught for thirty-five years in Dublin, Achill and Dundalk and on her retirement took up writing. Vanished is her first novel.

She is married with a grown-up son and lives with her husband, two cats and a dog in Dundalk, Ireland.