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Brooke Davis. (2015). Lost & Found. Unabridged Books on Tape.

Brooke Davis. 2015. Lost & Found. Books on Tape.

Brooke Davis, Lost & Found. Books on Tape, 2015.

Brooke Davis. Lost & Found. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2015.

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An irresistible debut novel about the wisdom of the very young, the mischief of the very old, and the magic that happens when no one else is looking
Millie Bird, seven years old and ever hopeful, always wears red gumboots to match her curly hair. Her struggling mother, grieving the death of Millie’s father, leaves her in the big ladies’ underwear department of a local store and never returns.
Agatha Pantha, eighty-two, has not left her house—or spoken to another human being—since she was widowed seven years ago. She fills the silence by yelling at passersby, watching loud static on TV, and maintaining a strict daily schedule.
Karl the Touch Typist, eighty-seven, once used his fingers to type out love notes on his wife’s skin. Now that she’s gone, he types his words out into the air as he speaks. Karl’s been committed to a nursing home, but in a moment of clarity and joy, he escapes. Now he’s on the lam.
Brought together at a fateful moment, the three embark upon a road trip across Western Australia to find Millie’s mother. Along the way, Karl wants to find out how to be a man again; Agatha just wants everything to go back to how it was.
Together they will discover that old age is not the same as death, that the young can be wise, and that letting yourself feel sad once in a while just might be the key to a happy life.

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     "Poignant debut." —Associated Press
     
     "Enchanting debut." —Vanity Fair
     
     "Mixing sober and funny, sad and preposterous, Davis pulls all these strands together and makes...
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     "Poignant debut." —Associated Press
     
     "Enchanting debut." —Vanity Fair
     
     "Mixing sober and funny, sad and preposterous, Davis pulls all these strands together and makes this story a delight." —Miami Herald
     
     "A joyful, remarkable, intelligent read." —Cedar Rapid's Gazette
     
     "The same feel-good word of mouth as last year's bestseller, The Rosie Project." —The Sydney Morning Herald
     
     "A novel that dances on the wire between heartache and joy, a delight to the reader in its explorations." —Yahoo News
     
     "Everything about the characters and the writing feels right, and the result is a book that's heartbreaking, funny and brilliant."
     —Courier Mail
     
     "Lost & Found is informed by Davis's personal heartache but it is buoyed by something more universal – our need to love and be loved, regardless of the risk." —Newcastle Herald
     
     "If at first the reasons why this tale of love and loss, grief and great mates sparked a bidding war among publishers aren't obvious, as the characters unfold, it becomes clear that this is storytelling at its purest." —Weekend Post
     
     
     From the Hardcover edition.
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     January 12, 2015
     This novel by Australian travel writer and first-time novelist Davis attempts to use whimsy as a delivery mechanism for a meditation on loss and loneliness among the very young and very old. Seven-year-old Millie Bird is obsessed with death, inscribing her encounters with dead things in a "Book of Dead Things." Entry twenty-eight is "MY DAD." As a result of losing her husband and Millie's father, it's not long before Millie's unstable mother drops her at a Perth department store by the "Ginormous Women's Underwear" section and never returns. Millie spends a couple of nights hiding out in the store, seemingly undetected by anyone except a mannequin she treats as a companion and an old man she approaches in the store's café who identifies himself as "Karl the Touch Typist." Karl is battling his own grief after the loss of his wife. Finally caught by store security, Millie, with Karl's help, escapes authorities and makes her way home, where an elderly neighbor, Agatha Pantha, an unpleasant shut-in following her husband's death, somehow decides it would be better to accompany Millie to find her mother in Melbourne than to call the police. Karl catches up with them and the unlikely trio travels across Australia. Ultimately, this journey toward understanding and accepting death is too predictable, offering little aside from the quirks of its characters.

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   • content: Three exceptional narrators take turns delivering the chapters of this quirky audiobook about death. Helen Walsh is perfect as feisty 7-year-old Millie Bird, who calls herself "Captain Funeral" after her father dies and her mother abandons her. Millie seeks the help of her widowed shut-in neighbor, Agatha Panther, who is portrayed by Nicolette McKenzie with a husky voice that is perfect for barking insults out the window as she sits in her "chair of discontent." Millie is also assisted by "Karl the touch typist," an elderly widower vividly portrayed by Nigel Carrington. As the three unlikely partners travel across Australia in a madcap adventure looking for Millie's mother, the outstanding narrators take listeners on a roller-coaster ride of laughter, sadness, and contemplation. M.M.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
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     April 17, 2014
     Lost & Found is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold, rainy day. It is full of golden moments, tenderness and some sadness too. Millie, an irrepressible seven-year-old, has a touch of Pippi Longstocking about her. Although she has been abandoned by her mother, she creates beautiful little fantasies and interprets the adult world in her own way. Millie is joined on her journey to find her mum by Agatha Pantha and Karl the Touch Typist. Agatha is an angry woman who shouts at the world and Karl types what he says in the air; both decide to help Millie and take the opportunity to get away from the prison that their lives have become. Their journey is often delightful and sometimes frustrating—while they each exist partly in a fantasy world, the real world often intrudes in harsh and violent ways. Each of the characters has to come to terms with the death of a loved one, and each requires the others to do this. This is definitely a book for adults, although the main character is so young. It will appeal to those who love whimsy and fantasy, and perhaps to those who need a little more of it in their lives. Brooke Davis has written a wonderful debut novel and I look forward to reading more from her.

     Jessica Broadbent is a former bookseller and librarian

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An irresistible debut novel about the wisdom of the very young, the mischief of the very old, and the magic that happens when no one else is looking
Millie Bird, seven years old and ever hopeful, always wears red gumboots to match her curly hair. Her struggling mother, grieving the death of Millie’s father, leaves her in the big ladies’ underwear department of a local store and never returns.
Agatha Pantha, eighty-two, has not left her house—or spoken to another human being—since she was widowed seven years ago. She fills the silence by yelling at passersby, watching loud static on TV, and maintaining a strict daily schedule.
Karl the Touch Typist, eighty-seven, once used his fingers to type out love notes on his wife’s skin. Now that she’s gone, he types his words out into the air as he speaks. Karl’s been committed to a nursing home, but in a moment of clarity and joy, he escapes. Now he’s on the lam.
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