The Keeper of Lost Things: The feel-good novel of the year
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MEET THE 'KEEPER OF LOST THINGS' Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life lovingly collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before. Realising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all its lost treasures to his assistant Laura, the one person he can trust to fulfil his legacy and reunite the thousands of objects with their rightful owners. But the final wishes of the Keeper of Lost Things have unforeseen repercussions which trigger a most serendipitous series of encounters... With an unforgettable cast of characters that includes young girls with special powers, handsome gardeners, irritable ghosts and an array of irresistible four-legged friends, THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS is a debut novel of endless possibilities and joyful discoveries that will leave you bereft once you've finished reading. BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, WE'RE ALL JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND...
Author: Ruth Hogan
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 155mm x 234mm, 424 g
Published: 2017, John Murray Press, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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MEET THE 'KEEPER OF LOST THINGS' Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life lovingly collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before. Realising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all its lost treasures to his assistant Laura, the one person he can trust to fulfil his legacy and reunite the thousands of objects with their rightful owners. But the final wishes of the Keeper of Lost Things have unforeseen repercussions which trigger a most serendipitous series of encounters... With an unforgettable cast of characters that includes young girls with special powers, handsome gardeners, irritable ghosts and an array of irresistible four-legged friends, THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS is a debut novel of endless possibilities and joyful discoveries that will leave you bereft once you've finished reading. BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, WE'RE ALL JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND...
The Keeper of Lost Things: The feel-good novel of the year