LoveReading Says
LoveReading Says
Excuse me while I wax lyrical about The Land of Lost Things, I get such a kick out of wandering into the mind-scape of John Connolly, it is the most fantastical place in which to dwell awhile. You don’t need to have read the Book of Lost Things (published back in 2007) in order to enjoy this sequel, as it sits perfectly as a standalone, though I recommend you do! Ceres reads fairy stories to her eight-year-old daughter who is in a coma, as she holds Phoebe’s hand and explores her own memories, folklore and the fantastical await. As with all good fairy tales, you’ll discover unnerving darkness, so make sure you are sitting comfortably before you begin. I absolutely adored the characters I met along the way, they mattered, they became loved. Expect emotions to run amok, yet while I walked on the edge of fear, hope always kept me company. The ending sent shivers of goosebumps racing from the page up my arms, it felt beautifully perfect. Once I had finished, I just wanted to go back to the beginning and start again. This LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the Month is recommended as a must-read. Exploring love, grief, sacrifice, and hope The Land of Lost Things is a gorgeously eerie and enthralling novel.
Liz Robinson
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The Land of Lost Things Synopsis
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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9781529391800 |
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7th September 2023 |
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John Connolly |
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Hodder & Stoughton |
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Hardback |
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406 pages |
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Press Reviews
John Connolly Press Reviews
'I've been waiting for this book for over 15 years and it is everything I hoped it would be and more. Simply breathtaking' MARK BILLINGHAM
The long awaited sequel to The Book Of Lost Things returns to a magical world of enchanted plants, talking animals and gorgeously crafted myth and legend . . . a truly enchanted world. Beautiful.
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About John Connolly
John Connolly is author of the Charlie Parker mysteries, The Book of Lost Things, the Samuel Johnson novels for young adults and, with his partner, Jennifer Ridyard, co-author of the Chronicles of the Invaders. John Connolly's debut - Every Dead Thing - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. All his subsequent novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers. He was the winner of the 2016 CWA Short Story Dagger for On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier from NIGHT MUSIC : Nocturnes Stoughton Vol 2. In 2007 he was awarded the Irish Post Award for Literature. He was the first non-American writer to win the US Shamus award and the first Irish writer to win an Edgar award. BOOKS TO DIE FOR, which he edited with Declan Burke, was the winner of the 2013 Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards for Best Non-Fiction work.
Author photo © Mark Condren
Maxim Jakubowski's view on CHARLIE PARKER...
The travails of a haunted American detective whose past always catches up with him as he hunts down fiendish killers. Poetic and sometimes supernatural ambience. THE LOVERS marks his latest appearance.
The Charlie Parker Series:
1. Every Dead Thing
2. Dark Hollow
3. The Killing Kind
4. The White Road
5. The Black Angel
6. The Unquiet
7. The Reapers
8. The Lovers
9. The Whisperers
10. The Burning Soul
11. The Wrath of Angels
12. The Wolf in Winter
13. A Song of Shadows
14. A Time of Torment
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