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In many ways, my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that.

It's when life started in earnest
HERTFORDSHIRE, 1928

The paths of Tom and Alice collide against a haze of youthful, carefree exuberance. And so begins a love story…

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1 author picked The Book of Lost and Found as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is one of my favorite books that I’ve read in the past few years. Lucy Foley presents a family mystery that the young protagonist must unravel if she’s to understand where she comes from.

The author weaves together her story with that of her grandparents in the present and past, keeping the reader always engaged and wanting to know what will happen next. Each story is developed with depth and emotion to the very end.

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