Five Days Gone by Laura Cumming

The Mystery of My Mother's Disappearance as a Child

A daughter investigates her mother’s five-day disappearance as a child from a 1920s English seaside village, piecing together family photographs, records, and local memories to unravel a long-concealed history. What begins as a mystery becomes an intimate exploration of identity, secrecy, and the ways communities and images shape what is remembered and what is hidden.

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