Ebook {Epub PDF} What Was Lost by Catherine OFlynn

What Was Lost is such a book. Catherine O'Flynn's stunning first novel contemplates the loss of innocence and the dullness of modern life. A simple story about two people's investigation of a young girl's mysterious disappearance grows into a larger rumination on modernity, maturation, and love under O'Flynn's deft and empathetic pen continued. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn is, as the title suggests, a novel about loss - the loss of loved ones, the loss of oneself, and the loss of industry under Thatcher that saw Green Oaks built on the site of the factory that was previously the economic heart of the community.4/5().  · “The bravest and most appealing adolescent this side of The Lovely Bones, aspiring detective Kate Meaney vanishes partway through Catherine O'Flynn's mesmerizing debut novel, What Was Lost There are many ways to feel invisible, we learn from this gentle, sharp-sighted tale of love and loneliness. And there are many ways to be found.”Brand: Holt, Henry Company, Inc.

What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn is, as the title suggests, a novel about loss - the loss of loved ones, the loss of oneself, and the loss of industry under Thatcher that saw Green Oaks built on the site of the factory that was previously the economic heart of the community. What Was Lost (Paperback) Catherine O'Flynn (author), E.A Markham (author) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★. 10 Reviews Sign in to write a review. £ Paperback Pages / Published: 21/10/ In stock. Available. What Was Lost. A Novel. Catherine O'Flynn. Henry Holt: pp., $14 paper. I don't know of any art form that has been declared dead more often than the realist novel.

Christie rated it really liked it. Shelves: book-club-reads. Catherine O’Flynn’s debut novel, What Was Lost, is as labyrinthine as the tunnels under the Green Oaks Shopping Centre. Ten year old Kate Meany is an amateur detective, raised (until his sudden death) by an older, single father. What Was Lost is such a book. Catherine O'Flynn's stunning first novel contemplates the loss of innocence and the dullness of modern life. A simple story about two people's investigation of a young girl's mysterious disappearance grows into a larger rumination on modernity, maturation, and love under O'Flynn's deft and empathetic pen. What Was Lost is the début novel by Catherine O'Flynn. The novel is about a girl who goes missing in a shopping centre in , and the people who try to discover what happened to her twenty years later. What Was Lost won the First Novel Award at the Costa Book Awards, and was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award.