The Book of Lost and Found: Sweeping, captivating, perfect summer reading

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I started it Apr 29 figuring I'd probably finish it the week leading up to Mother's Day. I felt from the description it would be a good 'themed' read due to the 'mother' story line. Well...I finished it May 1. Ooops! I just couldn't put it down.

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Under any other circumstances, I wouldn't have bothered. The synopsis read as a little cliché and I already knew that I wasn't a fan of the writing. But the supposedly stirring romantic element - "a classic sweeping love story", one critic claims - had me interested. I was in the mood for something moving. The author manages to stir an emotional reaction to just about every scene and character in the plot. The prose is really good, devoid of sentimental fuzz. I enjoyed the authors economy with words and her ability to use show don't tell proficiently.

Loved the setting of and times in Paris and Corsica, so well presented that you want to jump on a plane (with a mask) and travel for a change of scenery, food, champagne and new experiences. Yes, I love and miss travel. I also love the art world brought to life in this story. Magically told. This is a debut novel. This author has great potential. She notices the details. She uses some lovely phrases. She understands human emotions. She just uses too many words! One lovely starry sky could have been described in one well-constructed sentence instead of four long clumsy ones. That is only one example of her verbosity.

The Book of Lost and Found: Sweeping, captivating, perfect The Book of Lost and Found: Sweeping, captivating, perfect

Kate's journey to find the true identity of the woman in the portrait takes her to some of the world's most iconic and indulgent locales, revealing a love story that began in the wild 1920s and was disrupted by war and could now spark new love for Kate. PARIS, 1939: Alice Eversley and Thomas Stafford meet once again in the City of Light. Tom is now a world-famous artist, Alice is much-changed too – bruised from the events of the last decade. Perhaps they can lose themselves in the love story that ignited by a moonlit lake all those years ago? The year is 1986 and Kate Darling has recently lost her mother June a world class ballerina in a tragic accident. Kate is struggling with her grief for the woman who she considered her best friend as well as her mother and she seeks solace in her mother’s saviour, Evie. Following one of their frequent meetings it becomes clear that Evie has been keeping a secret for many years and gives Kate a painting that had been sent to June. Kate senses a mystery and as a means of distraction from her unfulfilling life follows its lead. The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley is a story of deep and abiding love, but of separation and sadness, loyalty and caring. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey with Kate through the lives of the characters as she slowly found the answers she sought. The Book of Lost and Found is one I have no hesitation in recommending. From London to Corsica to Paris--as a young woman pursues the truth about her late mother, two captivating love stories unfurl.As far as the "mystery," unless you are completely clueless, the answer is obvious from chapter one - all parentage, etc, is pretty much summed up immediately. Knowing the who in this case is much more satisfying than the why, but still Lucy Foley decides to focus on the why - but honestly, I have no clue as to why she would, as she only succeeded in weakening her own substantial setup. It was all just convoluted and unnecessary, and then to add insult to injury, the ending wasn’t terribly satisfying either. Friend is a difficult word - it can conceal so much. Who was she, really, to the young man who sat down and sketched her one afternoon, with the spoils of their picnic beside them?

The Book of Lost and Found: Sweeping, captivating, perfect

There are four different comprehensions to choose from depending on the age and ability of your children.another entry from the currently popular dual story-line past/present (here the past is the 1920's-1940's, present is 1986), family secrets with dramatic/tragic love stories in the past reverberating to present and being investigated when tragedy strikes here too etc etc THE BOOK OF LOST AND FOUND is about a young woman's quest to discover the story behind a portrait done 50 years ago, and one that her grandmother kept hidden for many years. The "present" (Kate's story) was set in the 1980s, while the young artist's love story was set in the 1930s. Who is the mysterious woman in the portrait who looks so much like Kate's mother? I would be the first person to agree that language evolves. I don't dislike or deny evolution. But even in the process of evolution, some things do not change, or change more slowly. As far as I know, "I" is still used as the subject and "me" as the object. Confusion reigns supreme when either of these words is joined with "and" to another subject or object. For example, "Bill and I are going" is correct whereas "Go with Bill and I" is not. Seriously, would you say "Go with I"? Well, when in doubt, pretend that "Bill and" is not there! Yes, a good editor would have corrected these errors. And yes, this particular very common error annoys me!

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After reading the whole book of Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers, your class will answer the questions linked to the book. On 'feeling' history: "Early in the day, the air in the museum has a peculiar chill and stillness, hung with moets of dust that stir lazily as she moves through the rooms. Alice has wondered whether the temperature in the rooms is affected by the artefacts themselves - wondered if they carry with them some memory of the cold earth in which they were buried for so long." I loved the cover and I found the title intriguing. The story, however, was only OKAY. It was slow going for the most part, so even though I liked the characters, it was hard to stay interested. There was also a fair amount of repetition. I'm not sure how many times the color of one person's eyes were mentioned....I lost count (there were also other accounts of this type of repetition). We have included sounds from different phases and a blank copy to give your class the opportunity to choose sounds they know. The premise of the book is completely my kind of story, though overall I wasn't "wowed." While the descriptions of time and place were beautiful, I thought that it was too wordy and slow. The relationships presented weren't all that convincing.I love nothing more than a sweeping family saga with a good mystery thrown in, and Lucy Foley has delivered on all fronts. As Kate embarks on her journey, the discoveries she makes are revealed to us in real time which gave me the experience of being there, of living the story along with the characters.