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The Keeper of Lost Things: winner of the Richard & Judy Readers' Award and Sunday Times bestseller
Ruth Hogan
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features
WE'RE ALL JUST WAITING TO BE FOUND...
An irresistible debut novel of lost objects and second chances, in the vein of THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY and THE ROSIE PROJECT.We're all waiting to be found...
'The first book I read in 2017 - and if another as good comes along in the next 12 months, I'll eat my special gold reviewing spectacles' DAILY MAIL
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 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...
Praise for The Keeper of Lost Things: winner of the Richard & Judy Readers' Award and Sunday Times bestseller
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Hogan's touching, funny and romantic debut is that rare and precious thing: a real story with brilliant characters - Daily Mail
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A charming read that seems bound to become a book club favourite. - The Lady
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One is beguiled by its old-fashioned sweetness - Mail on Sunday
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A charming story of fresh starts and self-discovery that warms the cockles - Woman & Home
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A charming whimsical novel about holding on to what is precious - Red
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This mystical and spiritual tale is a joyous read that will broaden your imagination and warm your heart - OK!
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It's charming, beautiful and full of heart - Fabulous Magazine
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From the attention-grabbing opening paragraph, to the joyful conclusion, Ruth Hogan has stirred together a charming fairy tale in which the people may be more lost than the things; and generosity and compassion may be the key to finding a way home. Also there are dogs. Delightful. - Helen Simonson, author of MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND
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Ruth Hogan
Ruth Hogan has now sold over a million books. Her first novel, The Keeper of Lost Things, was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy pick and is published in over 30 countries. Her next novels, The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes and Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel, helped establish her as one of the queens of uplifting fiction. Madame Burova, her fourth novel, is set in her beloved Brighton. Ruth lives in a chaotic Victorian house with an assortment of rescue dogs and her long suffering husband.
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