Lost & Found | 
| Author: Jacqueline Sheehan
Publisher: Avon A
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 19070
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0061128643
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061128646
ASIN: 0061128643
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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A poignant and unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on . . . with the help of one not-so-little dog Rocky's husband Bob was just forty-two when she discovered him lying cold and lifeless on the bathroom floor . . . and Rocky's world changed forever. Quitting her job, chopping off all her hair, she leaves Massachusetts—reinventing her past and taking a job as Animal Control Warden on Peak's Island, a tiny speck off the coast of Maine and a million miles away from everything she's lost. She leaves her career as a psychologist behind, only to find friendship with a woman whose brain misfires in the most wonderful way and a young girl who is trying to disappear. Rocky, a quirky and fallible character, discovers the healing process to be agonizingly slow. But then she meets Lloyd. A large black Labrador retriever, Lloyd enters Rocky's world with a primitive arrow sticking out of his shoulder. And so begins a remarkable friendship between a wounded woman and a wounded, lovable beast. As the unraveling mystery of Lloyd's accident and missing owner leads Rocky to an archery instructor who draws her in even as she finds every reason to mistrust him, she discovers the life-altering revelation that grief can be transformed . . . and joy does exist in unexpected places.
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 More Than Grief July 20, 2008
Within the first ten pages of this book, I knew Bob, I knew Rocky, I understood their marriage, and I felt her palpable grief at his death.
And then she got better... bit by bit.
This is a story of getting better. Rocky has a very Rocky path to health. Along the way, she and some others rescue each other. Melissa (a girl with some mental issues), Tess (a woman with some physical issues), and a dog named Lloyd are the central casting in this story, and they all tell the story, and they all heal each other.
It may seem like typical chick lit - in fact there is even an evil man in the background. But there are some great male characters here, too, not the least being Bob, mostly in memory, but the idea that good men exist is quite obvious.
I liked the way some chapters switched voice. I liked the underlying mystery, but most of all I liked the healing. A very good read.
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 Good for the heart and soul! July 15, 2008
What a wonderful book! I couldn't put it down. The characters were constantly evolving and wonderful.
Any animal lover will completely gobble up this book, but even those not so familiar with our furry friend's charms will find nothing but gems within the 278 pages of this book.
The main character, Rocky, as she is appropriately nicknamed, is dealing with a devastating loss. Her husband dies suddenly and she takes a leave of absense from her job to move to a coastal Maine island to work as an animal control warden---a far cry from her normal career as a psychologist. It proves to be one of the best moves she has ever made. As a result, she grows both emotionally, psychologically and even spiritually due to the loving good-naturedness of a lost black lab who is suffering a loss of his own.
This beautiful creature pulls at least 10 people together and splendidly puts them exactly where they should have been a long time ago: on track.
I really wish the book had no ending as I could have continued to read it indefinitely.
I really hope Ms. Sheehan will write a sequel, it was simply that good. I literally cried and was so moved during some of its chapters and I found myself feeling so fulfilled in the end....yet wanting more information of what was to come.
Highly recommended!!!!!
An Extraordinary Book June 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My father died on February 27 2008. I'm inclined towards reading a lot of vampiric chic lit at this point in my life and just randomly picked this book up at a local bookstore. I had a doctor's appointment last week and didn't want to be reading Kim Harrison's The Outlaw Demon Wails sitting in the doctor's office (it is a very, very fun book but seemed somewhat undignified under the circumstances) so I took Lost and Found with me instead and then almost burst into tears in my gynecologist's office reading the first chapter since my own grief over my father's death is still so close to the surface.
As a dog trainer, I am extremely picky about reading anything written in a dog's voice, always holding it up to my two perfect examples of Watership Down (yeah they're bunnies but for speaking from an animal's POV it just cannot be beaten) and Donald McCaig's Eminent Dogs and Dangerous Men (about dogs in heaven.) The pieces of Lost And Found written from the dog, Loyd's, POV are honestly that good.
I finished the novel as quickly as possible so that I could give it to my mother to read but I cautioned her about the first chapter and put a bookmark at Chapter 2 for her and gave her a brief summary of the events of Chapter 1 so that she didn't wind up crying in her own doctor's office or at the pool or wherever.
Lost And Found is truly an extraordinary book. The characters are very real and well drawn (both human and canine!) and there is true growth for all of them throughout the novel. I know that it spoke to me specifically because of my recent loss and because of my lifetime obsession with dogs but both my mother and I already have people in mind to whom we want to lend or give this book.
I found myself in "Lost and Found". June 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Rarely do I get so excited over a book that I buy extra copies and pass them out but that was my reaction to "Lost and Found". Author Jacqueline Sheehan wrote a beautiful, sensitive, and insightful book about loss, grief, and letting go. When a psychologist's life is shattered in one moment, she escapes to the solitude of an island off the coast of Maine in a desperate attempt to hide from her pain.
When Rocky (short for Roxanne) takes the job of animal control officer, she gets involved with a lovable dog who begins to melt her frozen heart. Rocky becomes embroiled in a young girl's silent agony, a new friend's personal challenges, and the mystery that could endanger her own life.
I absolutely devoured this book from start to finish. The characters were so real, the writing precise, and the story riveting. In a couple of chapters, Sheehan writes from the dog's perspective, delivering a new insight into the human-canine friendship.
After finishing this book at 2 a.m., I wrote the author and begged her to continue the journey of these characters (and she responded that she is considering it). Then I ordered three more copies to pass along to a dog lover, a mystery fan, and a hopeless romantic. They will each love "Lost and Found" because each will "find" something to make them smile.
This book spoke to my heart. June 3, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
LOST AND FOUND tells the story of a young widow in agony and denial who rescues a wounded Labrador retriever with separation anxiety of his own. It is a novel of contradictions --- just enough coincidence to be realistic, but with characters a bit too contrived. However, anyone who has taken care of or been healed by an animal can appreciate the theme and identify with the miracle of instant bonding.
Fortunately, the ending was not tragic and left enough of our protagonist's fate to the reader's imagination. After finishing this book, you will either want to hug your dog immediately or adopt one at the local animal shelter.
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