Lost and Found
by Davis, Brooke
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On Mar 15, 2015, CloggieDownunder said
“The start date and the end date are always the important bits on the gravestones, written in big letters. The dash in between is always so small you can barely see it. Surely the dash should be big and bright and amazing, or not, depending on how you had lived” Lost and Found is the first novel by Australian author, Brooke Davis. Seven-year-old Millie Bird has been keeping a list of Dead Things, but when she has to add her Dad to the list, she finds people are reluctant to answer her questions about death. Then her mother tells her to wait beside the Ginormous Ladies Underwear stand in the department store and doesn’t return. By the Second Night of Waiting, she has already encountered Karl the Touch Typist, escapee from a Nursing Home, and been saved from the Security Guard by Manny the Mannequin. Millie’s getaway from the store sees the eighty-seven year-old widower (and Manny) subjected to stern disapproval at the Police Station. Meanwhile, reclusive widow, Agatha Pantha, known for her critical insults shouted at all who pass nearby, is moved to leave her house for the first time in seven years as she becomes aware of the young girl’s plight. What ensues in the quest to find Millie’s mother is an escapade involving a bus trip, a journey on the Indian Pacific, a stolen car, a desert trek, a pub brawl, Super Heroes and encounters with people who are variously surly, helpful, obstructive and occasionally dangerous. Davis gives the reader a cast of quirky characters, an original plot and many laugh-out-loud moments, as well as the odd lump-in-the-throat one. Millie’s observations of the world around her are delightful and often perceptive: “Helen’s small for a grown-up, but wide, as if all her height has gone outwards” and “The graves are separated by signs into different religions, so that, Millie assumes, the Heavens don’t get mixed up” and “A sweet smell follows her like a smell-shadow” are just a few examples. Agatha comments on effect of a death in the neighbourhood: “She saw the street rally around them, carrying their thank-God-it-was-you-and-not-me food”; and on ageing: “She can see Age settling like Glad Wrap over the surface of this woman’s hand…” Davis paints some marvellous word pictures: “A white ute roars along a dirt road half a mile away, dust spraying behind it as though it’s waterskiing in a red lake” and “There’s a music to her snores, surely, in their rise and fall, an indication of how life works, in its ups and downs. He wants to graph the sound, and imagines mountains on a page, wide, curvy ones, rippled lines” and “Karl always felt as if he was thudding everywhere next to her, crunching leaves underfoot with such violence, sneezing as though he was trying to put a tear in the air” all demonstrate her skill with words. Despite the fact that the ending seems a bit rushed, leaving a somewhat unfinished feel, this is a moving novel that will have the reader thinking about love and loss and grief. Millie gets the final word: “… you should be able to hug all the mums who aren’t yours, because some people don’t have mums and what are they supposed to do with all the hugs they have?” An outstanding debut.
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London: Hutchinson. Signed and dated (9/2/2015) on the title by the author. No faults, an unread copy. Author's first novel. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 2015. Item Price
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New York: Dutton, 2015. Australian writer's debut novel, of an abandoned child and two elderly eccentrics. First American edition (first printing). Hardcover, black spine over sky-blue boards, silver titling. Light wear to book & jacket, near fine.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Item Price
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London: Hutchinson. Signed and dated (9/2/2015) on the title by the author. No faults, an unread copy. Author's first novel. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 2015. Item Price
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Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hachette Australia, 2015. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medium softcover, first thus, 272gms, 280 pages. A heartwarming novel about discovering what love and life are really all about. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hachette, Australia, 2014. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hachette Australia, 2014. Book. Good. Large Softcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large softcover, reprint, 386gms, 280 pages. A heartwarming novel about discovering what love and life are really all about. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.. Item Price
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Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hachette Australia, 2014. Book. Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Large softcover, reprint, 358gms, 280 pages. A heartwarming novel about discovering what love and life are really all about. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.. Item Price
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Lost & Found: A Novel
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