{"product_id":"what-was-lost-a-novel","title":"What was lost: a novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tender and sharply observant debut novel about a missing young girl—winner of the Costa First Novel Award and long-listed for the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e First Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1980s, Kate Meaney—\"Top Secret\" notebook and toy monkey in tow—is hard at work as a junior detective. Busy trailing \"suspects\" and carefully observing everything around her at the newly opened Green Oaks shopping mall, she forms an unlikely friendship with Adrian, the son of a local shopkeeper. But when this curious, independent-spirited young girl disappears, Adrian falls under suspicion and is hounded out of his home by the press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, in 2003, Adrian's sister Lisa—stuck in a dead-end relationship—is working as a manager at Your Music, a discount record store. Every day she tears her hair out at the outrageous behavior of her customers and colleagues. But along with a security guard, Kurt, she becomes entranced by the little girl glimpsed on the mall's surveillance cameras. As their after-hours friendship intensifies, Lisa and Kurt investigate how these sightings might be connected to the unsettling history of Green Oaks itself. Written with warmth and wit, \u003ci\u003eWhat Was Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting debut from an incredible new talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9780805088335-001","offer_id":43818797662269,"sku":"9780805088335-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used \/ 9780805088335-002","offer_id":43818798776381,"sku":"9780805088335-002","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/17438893482474.jpg?v=1791998739","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/what-was-lost-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}