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Loading... Lost & Found (edition 2015)by Brooke Davis (Author), Nigel Carrington (Reader), Nicolette McKenzie (Reader), Helen Walsh (Reader)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Uma história enternecedora e realista sobre a jornada de três personagens das quais se aprende o que se passa nas suas cabeças. Este livro dá-nos um olhar diferente à figura da pessoa idosa e mostra, de uma forma cómica e emotiva, o processo de envelhecimento de Karl e Agatha e a maneira como acompanham a pequena Millie na sua busca pela mãe. reviewed from uncorrected advance reader copy (publishing release date: Jan 2015). adult fiction/human drama. I'm impressed with Davis' ability to develop interesting and likeable characters with depth but have mixed feelings about the ending (can't decide if I like it or not). Definitely one of the best ARCs I've read this year though. So cute and charming, and also one of the few books that actually writes about old people in a real way and they’re not just unimportant side characters that only think in either good things or simple things. It was cute and charming and made you think at times and made me cry at the end. An unlikely friendship between unlikely people. All so different yet at the same time just the same. The ups and downs of life and the questions and thoughts everyone experiences, truly an amazing and fun book. - rounding my 4.5 to a 5 bc it deserves it and I either can’t or don’t know how to rate half-stars Awww...this was a nice one, which I truly enjoyed. Without wanting to spoil it for you, let's say that it deals with a little girl of 7, who is left behind by her mother, who seems to suffer from some severe depression after her husband's death so that she runs away. What Millie experiences in the following week(s), meeting two elderly people, a man who run away from a home for the elderlies, and a lady who segregated herself in her home after her husband passed, is quite funny, quirky, entertaining, sweet, bittersweet, sad, and add here on all the emotions you can think of. I particularly enjoyed the way each character has a own language to express their own thoughts, doubts, hopes, and wishes. A little gem of a book that reminded also of "What Milo Saw", another book I also enjoyed. no reviews | add a review
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Follows a shared encounter between an abandoned 7-year-old, a widowed shut-in and a nursing home escapee, who embark on a road trip across Western Australia to find the child's mother.
Millie Bird's struggling mother, grieving the death of Millie's father, leaves her in a local store and never returns. Agatha Pantha, has not left her house, or spoken to another human being, since she was widowed seven years ago. Karl once used his fingers to type out love notes on his wife's skin; now widowed, he types his words out into the air as he speaks. Brought together at a fateful moment, the three embark upon a road trip across Western Australia to find Millie's mother. No library descriptions found. |
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Davis spins her story by shifting the focus between her main characters (other than Manny; sadly we never learn his opinions on life) and revealing their individual stories. Agatha and Karl combine to help Milly track down the mother who has abandoned her. They head from Perth to Kalgoorlie to catch up with her in Melbourne; I’m still not sure why they would do that.
The book is amusing and original, but I kept getting the feeling I was in a Wes Anderson film script. In the end I didn’t like it that much. I think I would give it four stars, except that I found Agatha a really obnoxious and off-putting character and her every appearance annoyed me. I think Davis was trying to engender some sympathy for Agatha, but she fails to do so - the character is just too much of a grotesque. ( )