The Missing Pieces of UsYet another reason why Australian audiences have fallen in love with McDonald's novels. Weekly Times Lauren Ramsey is a teacher whose mantra is to never let a child fall through the cracks. But Lauren is so concerned about the welfare of a little boy in her kindy class, she doesn't realise her own daughter, Skye, needs help. The only person who seems to listen to fourteen year old Skye is Tamara Thompson, the manager of her favourite clothes shop.