Lost and Found: Eight Books about Lost Books and Manuscripts

The unthinkable happens when bestselling author Marceau Miller dies in a climbing accident. His wife, Sarah, now has to solo-parent two children and figure out her new life without her husband. Then she learns that her husband had written a book about his own life that may reveal some dark secrets from his childhood. But it appears to be missing, and the clues suggest that Sarah may not have known her husband as well as she thought. Everyone around her thinks that Sarah is losing her sanity. Can she find this book, or will she lose everything trying? Yes, the author and the main character share the same name.

One night, the author of a famous fantasy series, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, just disappears from the shores of South Carolina.  She left behind her young daughter, Clara, her husband, and an untranslated sequel to her bestselling work. Decades later, Clara has grown up, now an illustrator with a daughter named Wynnie, but is still troubled by the unsolved disappearance of her mother. One day, Clara receives a call from Charlie Jameson, a British man in London who is reeling from the death of his father, and who has found papers related to Bronwyn and Clara and the untranslated manuscript. Clara decides to take a chance and travel to England with her daughter to see if she can learn why her mother left and what happened to her. It’s a beautiful book about motherhood and creativity.