'An enthralling read, full of rich descriptions and characters you can't help but love.' Hazel Prior
'A wonderfully rich, funny and brimming with heart book.' Beth Morrey
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Dot Watson has lost her way.
Twelve years ago her life veered off course, and the guilt over what happened still haunts her. Before then she was living in Paris, forging an exciting career; now her time is spent visiting her mother's care home, fielding interfering calls from her sister and working at the London Transport Lost Property office, diligently cataloguing items as misplaced as herself.
But when elderly Mr Appleby arrives in search of his late wife's purse, his grief stirs something in Dot. Determined to help, she sets off on a mission - one that could start to heal Dot's own loss and let her find where she belongs once more...
Helen Paris worked in the performing arts for two decades, touring internationally with her London-based theatre company Curious. After several years living in San Francisco and working as a theatre professor at Stanford University, she returned to the UK to focus on writing fiction.
As part of her research for a performance called 'Lost & Found', Paris shadowed employees in the Baker Street Lost Property office for a week, an experience that sparked her imagination and inspired this novel.
Title: Lost Property: The most uplifting debut of 2021
Author: Paris, Helen
ISBN: 9780857527295
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Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Publication Date: 2021-05-13
Number of Pages: 384
Weight: 0.4801 kg
An enthralling read, full of rich descriptions and characters you can't help but love * Hazel Prior, bestselling author of Away with the Penguins *
A wonderfully rich, funny book. Shades of Eleanor Oliphant and Dear Mrs Bird, but also entirely its own. Dot is a treasure waiting to be found * Beth Morrey *
A lovely novel about loss and reconnection...both satisfying and joyful * Lissa Evans *
Emotionally rich and character-led, Lost Property is a sharply funny, wise and warming story * Anne Cater, The Daily Express *
Funny and heart-warming * That's Life *
You'll take Dot to your heart as her emotionally complex story unfolds * Heat *
Uplifting * Bella *
A book full of compassion and human frailty * Woman's Weekly *
A heart-warming novel about loss and reconnection * Peterborough Telegraph *
A deeply moving and richly detailed story that genuinely tugs at the heartstrings * CultureFly *
A beautifully written book ... a truly uplifting read * NB Magazine *
Filled with beautiful prose, this is a life-affirming novel * My Weekly *
Gentle and warm * Magic Book Club *
