What Was Lost
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780955138416 (0955138418)
ASIN: 0955138418
Publish date: 2008-04-15
Publisher: Tindal St Pr Ltd
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Fiction
This is a story of many levels, a story of a lost child, a story of lost dreams and a story of regaining some sense of self in the face of adversity. I could relate to the characters doing a job that they need to do to survive while watching dreams die. The catalyst for change is a missing child, ...
Kate Meaney is reminiscent of Harriet the Spy and it was easy to like this little 10 year old spy. Her world is a little sad, but she's getting by with things until the threat of a school that she doesn't want to go to looms large. Definitely a dark story with lots of lonely people. The whole darkne...
Catherine O'Flynn found a unique voice for the girl's character. It reminded me of Kate Atkinson's Case Histories. I normally don't enjoy reading books with depressing themes, but for some reason I enjoyed this book. I connected with the characters' inabilities to move on with their lives. We al...
The shopping mall is relatively unexplored territory for writers of literary fiction. So it was an interesting decision by Catherine O'Flynn to use it as the setting for her novel. Focusing on the disappearance of a ten year old girl,the narrative is split between 1984 when the mall is in its early ...
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