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by: Catherine O'Flynn
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9780805088335
ISBN: 0805088334
Label: Holt Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Sales Rank: 4747
Studio: Holt Paperbacks
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Product Description:
A tender and sharply observant debut novel about a missing young girl—winner of the Costa First Novel Award and long-listed for the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and The Guardian First Book Award
In the 1980s, Kate Meaney—“Top Secret” notebook and toy monkey in tow—is hard at work as a junior detective. Busy trailing “suspects” and carefully observing everything around her at the newly opened Green Oaks shopping mall, she forms an unlikely friendship with Adrian, the son of a local shopkeeper. But when this curious, independent-spirited young girl disappears, Adrian falls under suspicion and is hounded out of his home by the press.
Then, in 2003, Adrian’s sister Lisa—stuck in a dead-end relationship—is working as a manager at Your Music, a discount record store. Every day she tears her hair out at the outrageous behavior of her customers and colleagues. But along with a security guard, Kurt, she becomes entranced by the little girl glimpsed on the mall’s surveillance cameras. As their after-hours friendship intensifies, Lisa and Kurt investigate how these sightings might be connected to the unsettling history of Green Oaks itself. Written with warmth and wit, What Was Lost is a haunting debut from an incredible new talent.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not my type of story
The child's talking and adventures at the mall went way too far into the book, which became very irritating, the middle of the book was boring, the end of the book predictable. Good writing, 1* story.
Rating:  - Captivating
This book was so different to anything I had read before. Beautifully written with well rounded characters and a haunting tale. Definitely worth the read.
Rating:  - Contrived but with decent writing
Interesting story, but it was far too contrived for my taste. Her "voice" as the child was a bit annoying to get through. Some nice writing. Didn't feel too forced. Some good characterization too. But in my opinion it didn't make up for its flaws.
Rating: - A mixed bag
When I turned the final page of this book, I thought about how much I liked the story. Saying that, I am giving this 4 stars because I thought there were parts (the middle!) that were a slow-go for me.
Summary, no spoilers:
The book starts out in 1984, and we follow the escapades of 10 year old Kate Meaney. She is a precocious, imaginative, but lonely little girl, who decides that she wants to open up a detective agency with a partner - her toy stuffed animal, a monkey ... Read More
Rating: - What Was Found
What a wonderful book. What a truly wonderful book. Moving, funny (actually, f-ing hilarious), beautifully observed and sheer joy to read.
This shouldn't come as a surprise. It has been longlisted or shortlisted for nearly every major literary prize going and has won its fair share as well. Deservedly so.
I really should have read it before now. Not just because of the above plaudits but because much of the story is set in and around a record shop which is based on ... Read More
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