Lost & Found

Paperback Published on: 27/08/2015
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Bookseller Reviews

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Lost & Found
Red wellies at the ready!
Seven year old Millie is abandoned by her mother one day in a department store. Agatha has been a recluse since the death of husband. Karl has been feeling... READ MORE
Emma Smith at Bedford

Synopsis

‘If you liked Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, you'll like this’ Metro

‘Will generate the same feel-good word of mouth as last year’s bestseller, The Rosie Project’ Sydney Morning Herald

Millie Bird is seven-years-old. On a shopping trip with her mum, Millie is left alone beneath the Ginormous Women’s underwear rack in a department store. Her mum never returns.

Agatha Pantha is eighty-two and hasn’t left home since her husband died. Instead, she fills the silence by yelling at passers-by, watching loud static on TV, and maintaining a strict daily schedule. Until the day Agatha spies a little girl across the street.

Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven and in a nursing home. He remembers how he once typed love letters with his fingers on to his wife’s skin. Now widowed, he knows that somehow he must find a way for life to begin again. In a moment of clarity, he escapes.

Together, Millie, Agatha and Karl set out to find Millie’s mum. And along the way, they will discover that the young can be wise, that old age is not the same as death, and that breaking the rules once in a while might just be the key to a happy life.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Cornerstone
  • ISBN: 9780099592297
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
  • Weight: 232g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Lost & Found
Is there a Lost and Found 2?
I was looking forward to reading this book however my pre-conceptions were changed quite early on. Little girl Millie faces the death of her father whilst ... READ MORE
Danyell
Lost & Found
It breaks the heart and then tapes it back together again.
(I received a free copy, in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Random House UK.) The actual rating would be closer to a 4.5 in my opinion. Lost & ... READ MORE
Owen H
Lost & Found
I read a lot of debuts, and liken it to dipping a hand blindly into a paper bag of penny sweets. I’m never sure if what I’ll draw will be sweet, or sour, o... READ MORE
Leilah at Doncaster
Lost & Found
Struggling
I am struggling with this book. I have not yet finished it. It seems to flit from one thing to another in each chapter and I feel lost! I love reading most... READ MORE
THughes01
Lost & Found
Incredible Debut!
This book had be hooked from start to finish. The quirky characters were completely believable and were very well developed and written. I laughed and crie... READ MORE
Kira Houghton
Lost & Found
Surprising and quirky!
I got this book as a free to review from Waterstones. It was a very enjoyable book. It was surprisingly quirky all throughout. The author gives the reader ... READ MORE
Ilona
Lost & Found
Touching, funny, beautiful story
This is a gorgeous book. It's fast pace meant I read it in one night - you want to read more. It's laugh out loud funny and at times I found myself crying ... READ MORE
Peaches
Lost & Found
Three strong characters in search of a future
This novel deals with Millie (a little girl, whose mother goes missing not long after her father dies), Karl (an elderly gentleman stuck in an old people’... READ MORE
Minette
Lost & Found
Lost and Found Brooke Davis
I found this book a bit of a conflict. Seven year old Millie's father has died and her mother leaves her in a department store and doesn't return. Millie l... READ MORE
Clairese
Lost & Found
Three strong characters in search of a future
This novel deals with Millie (a little girl, whose mother goes missing not long after her father dies), Karl (an elderly gentleman stuck in an old people’... READ MORE
Minette
Lost & Found
Blended with humor
Lost and Found is Brooke Davis first fantastic proper novel it is just filled with wonderfully imaginative writing. Brooke Davis has blended in such sparkl... READ MORE
Bookread2day
Lost & Found
Amusing and moving story
Millie Bird is left in a department store by her mother, who tells her to stay put. As time passes it is obvious to the reader that she has been abandoned,... READ MORE
SusieH
Lost & Found
Beautifully written but so sad!
There's a lot of these sort of quirky books around now that try to be funny while at the same time breaking your heart. I think people call them "life-affi... READ MORE
kendrafortune
Lost & Found
An utter joy from start to finish
Millie Bird is a 7-year-old girl who one day is left behind in a shopping mall by her mother. This sounds like the start of an adult issues book but is in ... READ MORE
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