Genre: General Fiction
Read-Alikes:
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
Oh my — I love this book. When I was 25, I lost my grandmother’s engagement ring which was gifted to me as a teenager. My grandparents were hard-working Ukrainian immigrants who had enormous valuable love but owned very little of monetary value except this ring. This book is for anyone who ever lost anything they cherished.
Lana, Youth Services
Anthony Peardew is the keeper of lost things. Forty years ago, he carelessly lost a keepsake from his beloved fiancée, Therese. That very same day, she died unexpectedly. Brokenhearted, Anthony sought consolation in rescuing lost objects–the things others have dropped, misplaced, or accidently left behind–and writing stories about them. Now, in the twilight of his life, Anthony worries that he has not fully discharged his duty to reconcile all the lost things with their owners. As the end nears, he bequeaths his secret life’s mission to his unsuspecting assistant, Laura, leaving her his house and and all its lost treasures, including an irritable ghost.
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George, FTPL
