{"product_id":"what-was-lost-9780805088335","title":"What Was Lost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, 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, \u003ci\u003eWhat Was Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting debut from an incredible new talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine O'Flynn's\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe News Where You Are\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Was Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Costa First Novel Award in 2007, was short-listed for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award, and was long-listed for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. She lives in Birmingham, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461206544658,"sku":"9780805088335","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59384b26-cda7-42a1-aba9-b6134fa067ab.jpg?v=1730059864","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-was-lost-9780805088335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}