The Book of Lost & Found
By Lucy Foley
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
445 Pages, Softcover
www.harpercollins.ca
Kate Darling is 27 when she suffers the devastating loss of her mother. She cuts herself off from her friends and her world as she tries to come to terms with the loss of the most significant person in her life. She turns to her adoptive grandmother, Evie, who reveals a secret about her mother.
As Kate follows the thread of her mother’s life, she is taken back to the Roaring Twenties, where the story unfolds and she discovers why her mother was abandoned on the doorstep of an orphanage.
As Kate catches up with her biological family, we are told a story of strife and sacrifice and how events during the First World War in France played a key role in severing the lives of this family for generations. We are taken to London, New York, Paris and beyond as we travel with Kate to reconnect the history of this family. This book is worth the read.
