The Land of Lost Things
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*** THE MOST EAGERLY AWAITED NOVEL OF 2023 *** Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . . Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident. She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can only sit by her bedside and read aloud to Phoebe the fairy stories she loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world. But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard. Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies are watching, and waiting. To the Land of Lost Things. For anyone who loved THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS and for all readers who enjoy dark, beautifully written fables that explore the heart of the human condition: love, loyalty and sacrifice.
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2 primary books#2 in The Book of Lost Things
The Book of Lost Things is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by John Connolly.
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I have been a huge fan of John Connolly since I read his debut novel Every Dead Thing, over 20 years ago. The Charlie Parker series is one of the best series around.
The Land of Lost Things is not a Charlie Parker book however, but it is definitely one of the best books I have read this year.
If the title sounds a little familiar, it's because in 2006 the author sent a book called The Book of Lost Things out into the world. The Book of Lost Things was a poignant fairytale of sorts, set in the land of Elsewhere. The central character of the story was David, a boy who had lost his mother and traveled to the land of Elsewhere in the hope of finding her again. There, he met many fairytale characters and strange creatures.
The Land of Lost Things is the sequel to The Book of Lost Things, the sequel we didn't know we needed, but wanted just the same. It is a return to Elsewhere, in the company of Ceres, a mother who fears she is losing her child and hopes to find her in this strange land.
It is a beautiful book. It would be unfair to compare it to its predecessor. They share a land and some characters, but each tale is different. They are both poignant, beautiful stories and the one thing that stands out in both of them is the author's love of books and stories.
