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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Lost & Found
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'A heart-warming debut about finding out what love and life is all about.

'At seven years old, Millie Bird realises that everything is dying around her. She wasn't to know that after she had recorded twenty-seven assorted creatures in her Book of Dead Things her dad would be a Dead Thing, too.

'Agatha Pantha is eighty-two and has not left her house since her husband died. She sits behind her front window, hidden by the curtains and ivy, and shouts at passers-by, roaring her anger at complete strangers. Until the day Agatha spies a young girl across the street.

'Karl the Touch Typist is eighty-seven when his son kisses him on the cheek before leaving him at the nursing home. As he watches his son leave, Karl has a moment of clarity. He escapes the home and takes off in search of something different.

'Three lost people needing to be found. But they don't know it yet. Millie, Agatha and Karl are about to break the rules and discover what living is all about.' (Publication summary)

Exhibitions

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Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Lost and Found Justine Flynn , Chris Kunz , Australia : 2017 10434325 2017 single work film/TV

Notes

  • Dedication: For Mum and Dad

    I don't know how else to thank you for making me.

  • iBook Fiction Book of the Year Award comment: ‘Abandoned in a department store, seven-year-old Millie Bird embarks on a cross-country journey. With its quintessential Australian humour and wonderful characters, this debut moved us to tears and left us with a smile.’

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2014 .
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      Extent: 272p.
      Reprinted: 2015
      Note/s:
      • Published July 2014
      ISBN: 9780733632754 (paperback) :
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      E. P. Dutton and Company ,
      2015 .
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      Extent: 310p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 22, 2015
      ISBN: 9780525954682, 0525954686
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Hutchinson ,
      2015 .
      image of person or book cover 424441466813539978.jpg
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      Extent: 272p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29 January 2015
      ISBN: 9780091958909, 0091958903
Alternative title: Noch so Eine Tatsache Über Die Welt : Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Verlag Antje Kunstmann ,
      2015 .
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      Extent: 278p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Title translates as 'One More Fact about the World'.
      ISBN: 9783956140532
    • Berlin,
      c
      Germany,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Ullstein ,
      2016 .
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      Extent: 288p.p.
      ISBN: 9783548287003, 354828700X

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Book Review – Lost & Found by Brooke Davis Joanne Peulen , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2014;

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
Review : Lost & Found Kerri Harris , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 40)

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
The Book of Brooke Maureen Eppen , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 26-28)
'Her mother’s death at an early age had a profound influence on Brooke Davis, whose first novel explores love, ageing, loss and grief. She shares the cathartic experience of writing the book and her delight at its enthusiastic reception with Maureen Eppen.' (26)
Review : Lost and Found Alice Bishop , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 364 2014; (p. 48)

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
Review : Lost and Found Fran Metcalf , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6-12 August no. 992 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
Brooke Davis : Lost & Found Virat Nehru , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , July 2014;

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
Fiction William Yeoman , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 29 July 2014; (p. 7)

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
It's Cute and It's Quirky but Is That Sufficient? Helen Elliott , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 August 2014; (p. 26-27) The Age , 8 August 2014; (p. 27)

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
Review : Lost and Found Fran Metcalf , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6-12 August no. 992 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
Review : Lost and Found Alice Bishop , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 364 2014; (p. 48)

— Review of Lost & Found Brooke Davis , 2014 single work novel
Brook Davis Caroline Baum , 2014 single work interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 June 2014; (p. 30-31) The Canberra Times , 28 June 2014; (p. 19) The Age , 28 June 2014; (p. 30)
'Her first novel was prompted by her mother's death in a freak accident. Now it has been picked up around the world.'
War of Words Rosemary Neill , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 July 2014; (p. 4)
The Book of Brooke Maureen Eppen , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 26-28)
'Her mother’s death at an early age had a profound influence on Brooke Davis, whose first novel explores love, ageing, loss and grief. She shares the cathartic experience of writing the book and her delight at its enthusiastic reception with Maureen Eppen.' (26)
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