Lost & Found: Reflections On Grief, Gratitude, And Happiness

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ò NEW YORK TIMES EDITORSÆ CHOICE ò A ôprofound and beautifulö (Marilynne Robinson) account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New YorkerÆs Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize ôI will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.öùAnne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Bird by Bird LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ò LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL One spring morning, Kathryn Schulz went to lunch with a stranger and fell in love. Having spent years looking for the right relationship, she was dazzled by how swiftly everything changed when she finally met her future wife. But as the two of them began building a life together, SchulzÆs beloved fatherùa charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugeeùwent into the hospital with a minor heart condition and never came out. Newly in love yet also newly bereft, Schulz was left contending simultaneously with wild joy and terrible grief. Those twin experiences form the heart of Lost & Found, a profound meditation on the families that make us and the families we make. But SchulzÆs book also explores how disappearance and discovery shape us all. On average, we each lose two hundred thousand objects over our lifetime, and Schulz brilliantly illuminates the relationship between those everyday losses and our most devastating ones. Likewise, she explores the importance of seeking, whether for ancient ruins or new ideas, friends, faith, meaning, or love. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to sustaining wonder and gratitude even in the face of loss and grief. A staff writer at The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, and humor about the connections between joy and sorrowùand between us all.

• | Author: Kathryn Schulz
• | Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
• | Publication Date: Nov 22, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 0525512489
• | ISBN-13: 9780525512486