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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)
Adaptations
- form y Lost and Found Australia : 2017 10434325 2017 single work film/TV
Notes
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Dedication: For Mum and Dad
I don't know how else to thank you for making me.
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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.’
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Book Review – Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklover Book Reviews 2014;
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel -
Review : Lost & Found
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , July 2014; (p. 40)
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel -
The Book of Brooke
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
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 364 2014; (p. 48)
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel -
Review : Lost and Found
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6-12 August no. 992 2014; (p. 25)
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel
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Brooke Davis : Lost & Found
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , July 2014;
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel -
Fiction
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 29 July 2014; (p. 7)
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel -
It's Cute and It's Quirky but Is That Sufficient?
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 2014 single work novel -
Review : Lost and Found
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 6-12 August no. 992 2014; (p. 25)
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel -
Review : Lost and Found
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 364 2014; (p. 48)
— Review of Lost & Found 2014 single work novel -
Brook Davis
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
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 July 2014; (p. 4) -
The Book of Brooke
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)
Awards
- 2016 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer
- 2016 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2015 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — The Matt Richell Award for New Writer
- 2015 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
- 2015 shortlisted Indie Awards — Debut Fiction
- Western Australia,