Leave it with me. I’m sure he'll understand…I hope. Now, I wanted to speak to you about your appraisal. This book gripped me right from the start and was absolutely fascinating until the very end! What an interesting concept, to follow a girl that has been taken, as well as the family that she was taken from and show how it has affected all of them over the years. Things are coming to a head as we are nearing the fifteenth anniversary of the disappearance, and emotions are high all around. But what really set this apart and took it to the next level for me was the fact that a cult was thrown into the mix. I was losing my mind y’all this was so good!! Told from two sisters POV Anna/Emily currently residing with her Mama in the USA and Rosie younger sister of abducted Emily living with her mum dad and brother in the UK. Y’all, this is Barber’s debut novel, and it is BEYOND good. I absolutely recommend this, if you couldn’t tell. The story was told in Anna and Rosie's POV by author Lizzy Barber. It was obvious from the very beginning where the story would go, but the reasons for the decisions were still unknown, and that captured my interest along with Lizzy's crisp and fast writing.

However, in April 2017 I found myself at a complete dead end with my first novel, and, almost as a form of release, starting dabbling with a thriller that had been niggling away at me. I mentioned I was writing it to my mother, and, about a week later, she told me that she had spied a first novel competition that I *had* to enter. Rosie, a girl whose big sister has been missing for fifteen years. And when the media is ready to let the story go after the fifteen years anniversary, Rosie is determined to do whatever it takes to discover the truth of what actually happened on that day at the theme park. If you, like me, are into kidnapping stories, amazing twists and thriller stories that take your breath away, this will definitely be the perfect book for you. This will be a hit at the beginning of 2019, and it will hit the top shelves. I know it hits my favourite shelf – for sure! Told from the point of view of 2 girls in 2 different countries. Anna is about to o turn 18 and is living in the US with her over protective and church going mother. She has led a very sheltered life but on her 18th birthday she sneaks away with her boyfriend to the local theme park where she has never been allowed to go before. But when they get there it feels really familiar to her and she has no idea why. Then she receives a letter that has her questioning everything in her life. Then there is Rosie who live so in the U.K with her family. 15 years ago her sister went missing, never to be seen again. It is breaking her family apart and she is determined to find out what happened.

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We decided to put these two songs together as they have an interesting connection. George Harrison wrote the song “Taxman” and Chris Martin wrote “The Scientist” in Liverpool which was influenced by a song called “All Things Must Pass” written by.... you guessed it George Harrison. The title of song originated from something that Ringo Starr said. In a interview he said that they had worked all day and night on a job. “I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said 'It's been a hard day... and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, ...night!” So we came to 'A Hard Day's Night'.” It was said that the song captured The Beatles at the peak of Beatlemania and was the most exciting time in pop culture up to that moment and probably ever since.

Dark, disturbing and powerful, the gripping plot is full of twists, turns and suspense. You will not want to put it down' Candis If you like compulsive psychological dramas with emotionally complex characters, make this your next read' Culture Fly I think it was quite obvious the connection between Anna and Emily even from the synopsis and the line on the front cover " what if your whole life was a lie?"; the book was more about working out why and how the events happened. There are a lot of questions to answer throughout the storyline including but not limited to who exactly the mysterious sinister 'Father Paul' is who keeps popping up. The story is narrated by Anna and Rosie in alternate chapters and both girls were interesting likeable leads to follow as they respectively try to discover the truth. I found the ending a little abrupt and would have liked to have known more about what would have followed but overall I definitely enjoyed this book and look forward to future books by the author. But as the court case reaches its conclusion, will the system do its bit to protect other vulnerable people from these carers, and other people who might wish to take advantage of them? She has never been allowed to go - so why, when she arrives, does everything seem so familiar? And is there a connection to the mysterious letter she receives on the same day?

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No Anna! He means your appraisal is about reviewing your performance and setting objectives for the year ahead. That’s a bit direct Anna. Slow down and tell them your name and why you’re calling. Find out something about them. Maybe say “I’d like to tell you about our great new laser-curved fruit”. Ask them “How much plastic fruit do you buy?” and at the end of the call say “thank you for your time. We hope to hear from you soon.” Give it a go Anna. A Girl Named Anne is told from the viewpoint of two girls. One, Anna, whose story is slightly more important, and a second, Rosie, whose voice is far more engaging. The story centers on what happened to Rosie's missing sister, Emily, who went missing when Rosie's British family was visiting Astroland (aka Harry Potter land aka Star Wars World aka Disney World) Hooray for Anna. Now she’s sounding like a leader. And she’s mastered cold calling by using some simple phrases, like these:

Mamma ( the American one ) is portrayed wonderfully, if scarily, as a ‘Carrie’ type Mum whilst the UK Mum is just about coping 15 years on On a sidenote, I did enjoy the Carrie references included with Anna and noticed the parallels included here almost instantly. On phone/angry) …well if that’s what you think then you can shove your kumquats… hello? Hello? (Slams phone down) Don’t be surprised! You’ve called a company in France, they speak French. Just ask if it’s OK to speak English.

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This book had all the makings of a thriller which caused the heart to beat at a strange rhythm especially when I knew that things were reaching a point where secrets had to be revealed. These are tasks for you to do, to try and improve your performance and skills and help the business. Here are the questions you’re likely to hear in an appraisal: Anna is in America and Rosie in London so the differences in narrative style keeps you on your toes as you swop continents

ANNA has been taught that virtue is the path to God. But on her eighteenth birthday she defies her Mamma's rules and visits Florida's biggest theme park. My name is Anna was my first book by this author and If I'm being honest I enjoyed the first half much more than the second. Admittedly, this book burns slooooowly. It wasn't until around the halfway point that I was feeling slightly hooked. It's pretty obvious where this book is going but I have to say - Barber does a fantastic job in really making you feel for these girls. Rosie, who is always in the shadow of her sister Emily, who has been missing for 15 years. Anna, whose mother is overly protective, is extremely sheltered and has a weird feeling about her past, something her mother hates to talk about. A plot line gets in, which is similar to ones we've seen before (you'll have to read this to know what I'm talking about), but it is always one that fascinates me.A highly engrossing debut as both the two main protagonist and the reader simultaneously want to keep delving forward to uncover the truth. SLIGHT SPOILER ALERT} The story is told in alternating POV -Anna and Rosie. Anna's chapters are the more intriguing of the two - Rosie's are pure fluff. The biggest issue for me was that in the age of the internet, much of the plot did not make sense. For example, at Astroland, Anna has a recollection of being there before, and the name, Emily. She tells her boyfriend that she thinks she may have been abducted as a child, and her boyfriend's first reaction is to go to the internet and pull up a random article about manufactured memories - say what?? How about doing an internet search with key words, "Emily, Astroland, missing girl." Boom - mystery solved. Especially as so much of Rosie's story focused on the media circus that had continued for fifteen years, so it wasn't as if there was a big secret as to what happened to Emily. And I won't even get started on Rosie's search and her interactions with the internet conspiracy theorists - again, if you can suspend all common sense, then it might make sense to you, but for me, it was a no-go. I started taking regular classes with Maggie Hamand at the Complete Creative Writing Course, which made me completely rethink my approach to writing, and was invaluable in shaping the way I wrote.