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Lost and Found
Lost and Found | Brooke Davis
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At seven years old, Millie Bird realises that everything is dying around her. She wasn't to know that after she had recorded twenty-seven assorted creatures in her Book of Dead Things her dad would be a Dead Thing, too. Agatha Pantha is eighty-two and has not left her house since her husband died. She sits behind her front window, hidden by the curtains and ivy, and shouts at passers-by, roaring her anger at complete strangers. Until the day Agatha spies a young girl across the street. Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven when his son kisses him on the cheek before leaving him at the nursing home. As he watches his son leave, Karl has a moment of clarity. He escapes the home and takes off in search of something different. Three lost people needing to be found. But they don't know it yet. Millie, Agatha and Karl are about to break the rules and discover what living is all about. 'heartbreaking and funny and brilliant' -HERALD SUN Winner: General Fiction Book Of The Year, Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2015 Matt Richell New Writer Of The Year, Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2015 Shortlisted: Debut Fiction, Indie Book Awards 2015 Australian Booksellers Association Neilsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2015
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Marikalilly
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In the few months since I‘ve finished this book, I‘ve thought of Karl, Millie and Agatha often. Unique friendships, quirky characters and astute observations from a child‘s perspective make this story a special universe.

One of my favorite lines: “A fact about the world Millie knows for sure: Everyone knows everything about being born, and no one knows anything about being dead.”

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Mandigolightly
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A patron found this in a library book

GingerAntics Aww I want to hug this person. It's oddly true, though. 6y
jmofo Some of my worst fiction was my version of a few of my exs. 6y
TheBookAddict Wow, just reading that makes me wish the person had kept on writing. I would read the story they write. 6y
CouronneDhiver Awww ❤️ 6y
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acdiamond
Lost and Found | Brooke Davis
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Great story with awesome characters!

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ontheBL
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A really cute book about three unlikely people finding each other when they needed it the most.

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Menjivar1978
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This book so was cute the only thing I didn‘t enjoy was the ending to many questions?

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mrp27
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#magicalmarch #lostandfound

I've always been a sucker for a quirky book.

HeidiCatherine I really, really loved this book! I bought it at a charity shop and discovered later it was a signed copy 😍 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @HeidiCatherine I love when that happens!! I bought Circling the Sun last night at Goodwill and it was signed 🙌🏻 7y
vkois88 It sounds like an awesome book. Thank you for sharing! 😊 7y
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mrp27 @HeidiCatherine What a great find! 7y
mrp27 @vkois88 🤗 7y
HeidiCatherine @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks That‘s great!! Such a bonus when that happens 😄 7y
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bio_chem06
Lost and Found | Brooke Davis
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When you find that bookmark you have been looking for since 2016...
#sorrynotsorry

Reviewsbylola I‘m constantly losing my bookmarks in books. 7y
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Jeg
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I‘m convinced more than ever that all I need is 20 or so books and all I need to do is read them one after the other then start again! Seems I read this book in 2014! Reading it again I had no memory of it. Though at times a slight niggling that maybe I had read it before! 😊. Anyway a good read. Found it in an op shop , my original copy long gone. It was around 2014 that I decided not to keep books. @MrsMalaprop

Suet624 😂😂😂 7y
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Dragon
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Mehso-so

I had high hopes for this one , but I just couldn‘t care about the characters in this book. The child was too smart and too naive , the elderly characters were too eccentric and the ending was too sudden and too contrived. Maybe if I hadn‘t read this at work on my lunch breaks ?

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SamanthaCrouch2016
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Perfect rainy afternoon. "Magical book"

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DebbieGrillo
Lost & Found | Brooke Davis
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Some #tbr and one I abandoned halfway through. These make up my #autumnreads day 5 #bookombre #photochallenge @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

Any of these not to be missed?

Lcsmcat Do Not Say We Have Nothing. It's the book I gave to everyone last Christmas. 7y
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libros_de_una_estrella
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¿¿Habéis leído Objetos Perdidos de Brooke Davis?? Si no lo habéis hecho ns a que esperais pq está lectura es maravillosa 😍😍

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jenngreenaway
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😍 Loving this poignant, hilarious, messy novel.

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iread2much
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I was not impressed. Some parts of the book are really poetic and then it switches radically to a different writing style. I feel like the author wrote this in spurts and never bothered to unify the writing. I am reading books on elders for a project, so I'm glad this does have elder characters but I was hoping for a more complete story from this book. It does address masculinity and a bit of abandonment but not in a creative or interesting way.

TricksyTails The art in the background is so cool! 7y
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N.rebecca
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Fireplace, Christmas music and books🔥📖❄️ thank you @MartiW for the suggestion❤️💫

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MartiW
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Love sharing my books. So glad this gem is getting a second read @N.rebecca #lostandfound

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uzbekpk
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There is a lot to be said for judging a book by its cover! This pretty book contains an equally sweet story, complete with my favourite curmudgeonly character of 2015. (Ove obviously wins that title for 2016!) And it's set in Australia! #booktober #debutnovels @RealLifeReading

RealLifeReading Sounds good! Stacked! 8y
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sparingqueen
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DebinHawaii Nice stack! 📘💙 8y
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BookNAround
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Charming and heartbreaking, I can't wait to discuss this one with my summer book club on Tuesday.

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Lindy
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Usually I'm the one recommending books to my sisters and brother, but it was the reverse this time. And that worked out very well! ❤️

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Lindy
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An Australian novel about grief that's funny and sweet without being saccharine. Viewpoint switches between three main characters, done with three voice actors in the delightful audio recording.

Penny_LiteraryHoarders What a great cover! Loved this book! 8y
Lindy @Penny_LiteraryHoarders It's a screen grab from Hachette Australia's book trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKjCbwbmcc 8y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders Oh!! That's awesome!! @Lindy 8y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders Did you read The Trouble With Goats and Sheep? There were some similarities in style and wonderful ways with words - glad I gave myself space between 2 so could enjoy both so much! 8y
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Lindy
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The dash between his birth year and his death year didn't seem big enough for a whole life.

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Lindy
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Only 50 pages left in Lindy West's brilliant Shrill, but I'm taking a break with something sweet: two lonely oldsters and a small lost girl team up on a road trip in Australia.

Penny_LiteraryHoarders I adored this read. 8y
Lindy @Penny_LiteraryHoarders My sister recommended this. It's hitting all the right notes for my current mood, post extended-family gathering. 8y
Penny_LiteraryHoarders Such a great story! An interesting take on grief and loss eh? Milly is such a gem. 8y
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TeR I just didn't get this book? Wasn't my cup of tea I guess.... 8y
Trav This is my next read! Hope you enjoy it. 8y
Lindy @ter Sorry it wasn't your cup of tea. I would have a second and third cup of the same! 8y
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read.run.travel
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What a lovely book about unusual friendships, growing up, and growing old. Told from three different perspectives, the story stays interesting throughout as you learn more about the characters and their past.

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annzah
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This lovely little novel is my companion this Saturday evening :-)

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Ange44
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A fun little book about a 7-yr old girl who embarks on a journey, with the help of two octogenarians, to find her mother who has abandoned her.

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