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.
General
Imprint: |
St. Martins Press-3pl
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2008 |
First published: |
June 2008 |
Authors: |
Catherine O'Flynn
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Dimensions: |
201 x 132 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
256 |
Edition: |
Holt Paperbacks |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8050-8833-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-8050-8833-4 |
Barcode: |
9780805088335 |
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