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    The Book of Lost and Found: A Novel
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    The Book of Lost and Found: A Novel

    Written by Lucy Foley

    Narrated by Fiona Hardingham

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    About this audiobook

    From London to Corsica to Paris--as a young woman pursues the truth about her late mother, two captivating love stories unfurl.

    Kate Darling's enigmatic mother--a once-famous ballerina--has passed away, leaving Kate bereft. When her grandmother falls ill and bequeaths to Kate a small portrait of a woman who bears a striking resemblance to Kate's mother, Kate uncovers a mystery that may upend everything she thought she knew.

    Kate's journey to find the true identity of the woman in the portrait takes her to some of the world's most iconic and indulgent locales, revealing a love story that began in the wild 1920s and was disrupted by war and could now spark new love for Kate. Alternating between Kate's present-day hunt and voices from the past, THE BOOK OF LOST AND FOUND casts light on family secrets and love-both lost and found.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateAug 25, 2015
    ISBN9781478927877
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    The Book of Lost and Found: A Novel
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    Lucy Foley

    Lucy Foley studied English literature at Durham University and University College London and worked for several years as a fiction editor in the publishing industry. She is the author of five novels including The Paris Apartment and The Guest List. She lives in London.

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    • 4/5
      This is a lovely read, quite charming. It focuses on Kate, a young woman who, in 1986, has lost her mother and her grandmother (who had adopted her mother). Just before her grandmother's death she told Kate of a secret that she had kept and regretted having done so, and gave her a pen and ink drawing of a woman. Kate sets out to try and find out more about the painting and the woman portrayed in it and her search takes her to Corsica, Paris and New York.I found this is a very readable debut by Lucy Foley. It is told by Kate and also by Tom and Alice, the people she sets out to find. Their story is from 1929 onwards. The writing is stylish and evocative and the author writes about the locations beautifully, so much so that I want to visit Corsica! I looked forward to picking up this book each time and seeing where the story would take me next. It's quite an epic story in a lot of ways and one which I enjoyed very much.
    • 4/5
      The story of a young lady who finds out that the woman she thinks is her mother is not. This is a bit of a detective novel as she attempts to unravel her family lineage. There are dual stories of her grandmother (Alice) and herself (Kate) that are told in tandem. Both include a love story but grandma's is bittersweet and full of sacrifice Kate learns. I really loved the book except the character Oliver (her boyfriend) who is boring. His role consists of saying "if you don't mind I will accompany you" and she says "OK".
    • 4/5
      There was a lot to like in this book: art, love, history, intertwined tales, Corsica for starters. (And I will give a slight spoiler alert at the end, so stop reading when you next see 3 stars like this: ***). Poor Kate has lost both her mother, a famous ballerina/choreographer, and her grandmother (actually her mother's adoptive mother) within a year. It's a blow to anyone. But shortly before her her grandmother died, she revealed a hint to the identify of Kate's actual grandmother, her mother's birthmother. Part of this hint includes a drawing from 1929 of a young woman, who bears a striking familial resemblance. Kate begins a quest for the woman, which first brings her to the artist, and to the island of Corsica. The narrative floats between Kate's story in 1986 and that of the artist and of the woman in the sketch, the illusive Alice/Celia from the 1920's through WWII. I found it a interesting tale. I appreciate it when a book expands my viewpoint and my knowledge. ***(You were warned: Spoiler alert) One of the things I liked best about this book was the end. In a fairy tale world Alice and Tom would have ended with them being reunited, but Foley didn't yield to the happily ever after that some might crave, and for this, I applaud her. Both Tom and Alice continued to love each other their entire lives, recognizing the other as their one great love. But though they each had loss and disappointment, and lived without the other, they each had full lives, filled with love (though maybe not a "great love'.) They had family, friends, careers, and memories. They did great things. They died knowing the other was alive. It was realistic. Their story continues to be a love story, even though it didn't have the traditional ending. That was fine by me. And I also applaud the almost afterthought of how the relationship with Kate and Oliver panned out. It was a product of this story, but not the focus of this story. Nice, in my opinion, that the author resisted temptations that could have reshaped the ending.Tags: first-novel-or-book, made-me-look-something-up, read, rounded-up-in-star-rating, taught-me-something
    • 3/5
      Readable, but cliche-ridden. The cover and blurb suggest a Jojo Moyes-style then-and-now story of wartime love, but what Lucy Foley delivers is more watered-down Harlequin romance than historical fiction. And despite letting both Kate and Tom narrate in the first person (and the same voice), I didn't connect with either generation (although I am thankful for the small mercy of Kate and Oliver's predictable outcome being left largely to the imagination). Here's a taste of the cliches which form the plot of this holiday read: 1920s and the Bright Young Things, budding artist falling in love with daughter of wealthy family, capital cities, illegitimacy and adoption, wartime, Paris, the Resistance, beautiful men and 'fierce' women (the author's favourite adjective). When the (orphaned and emotionally scarred, natch) second generation started to feel some irresistible impulse to recreate the doomed love affair of the first, I almost gave up.There is not one original thread in this entire novel, which is fine for those who are reading on the beach, or trapped at home with young children, but give a girl some warning! Maybe the traffic light system should be introduced for books as well as food: this novel should be colour-coded red, or maybe sugar pink. 'Kate' and 'Oliver' - bland bland bland - are the usual 'modern day' (1980s) non-entities who usually bookend novels set in the past, and 'Tom' the famous artist and 'Alice'/'Celia' the gallery owner are trying too hard. If everyone is so fascinated with Alice, who is little more than a victim of circumstance, why not let her tell her story, and not focus so much on the walking literary device that is Kate? The characters were just far too privileged and bent-double with cliches for me to care over much. Corsica sounds nice, though.
    • 4/5
      The book went back and forth between a story in the past that started in 1920 and spanned decades of a star crossed couple who could never quite get their act together and the "present" day 1986 where a woman looks into the past to try and find her recently deceased mother's birth mother. I liked the way the story was told and how it was Thomas and Alice's story that took center stage but you still got to know Kate very well. I like how the writer shows all the different ways that various characters deal with their grief. And I liked that Kate and Oliver's story takes a back seat, even though it's the one with the happy ending.
    • 3/5
      I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. It was beautiful, a great mix of past and present. It reminded me a bit of The Time Traveler's Wife, much better than I expected.
    • 3/5
      A light read, somewhat predictable. A good summer book.