A very charming read, sweet, engaging, great characters, and a wonderful story that flowed wonderfully and kept me interested until the very end.

A really lovely read.

This book wasn’t for me I found it very tedious and monotonous and couldn’t finish it it’s about finding and listing lost property then being obsessed with finding Mr Appleby’s wife’s purse it just didn’t do it for me but thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an early copy

What a beautiful, unusual book. The author has a wonderful way with words - similes, metaphors, always the right words for the exact moment. It is a gentle book, exploring lives, feelings and relationships. Dot’s mother has Dementia and the sadness this brings is explored so well. It is uplifting as well, working in a Lost Property office has its lighter moments, the strange items that appear that may or may not be reunited with their owner. One such item, a brown hold all is a strand running through the book as Dot tries to get it back to its owner; not because it’s valuable but because it holds memories, also a theme of the book. I am so glad that I read this book and will widely recommend it. Thanks to Random House and NetGalley for an ARC in return for an honest review.

A real delight to read. Dot, a bright young woman has essentially given up on life and escapes into travel guides and a mindless job to avoid the grief and guilt that plague her life. Through a series of events, Dot gains a needed perspective on her past and learns to forgive herself as well as others. In parts achingly painful and absurdly funny.
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy.

Dot works in a Lost Property office. Her mother has dementia and is in a care home. Her sister is a little overbearing and when she decides that their mother's house (where Dot is living) has to be sold this precipitates a crisis in Dot who has never got over her father's suicide.

There is rather a nice story of loss and grief in this book but it is somewhat lost In all the whimsical references to lost property. I found these distracting and a little irritating to be honest. I did like the characters though and thought they were well developed but overall I was underwhelmed by this novel. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC.

I really enjoyed this novel, which is a gentle tale of loss, grief and the unwinding of memories. Memories we think are exactly as they happened but mean different things to different people. A bit of a slow, start setting the scene, but then it carefully portrays the awfulness of dementia, both for the sufferer and the devastation for those they can’t remember. I really felt for Dot, who had carried guilt with her for far to long, but it’s such a human trait. Well worth a read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

The story of Dot, who works in the lost property office in London. She is a quirky character who has a lot going on in her life, with work and her sick mother. She is struggling with the past and the death of her father, and has shut herself off from the world.

A great read, looking forward to more from this author.

With thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest opinion.
What a really lovely book really enjoy it.

A lovely book a book that drew me in from first pages .The characters come alive involve us in their lives.The meaning of lost possessions the emotions behind lost items is really interesting.#netgalley#lostproperty