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Lost & Found: A Memoir

Lost & Found: A Memoir

by Kathryn Schulz

Random House ·2022 ·256 pages
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About This Book

Eighteen months before Kathryn Schulz's father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the story of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of the role that loss and discovery play in all of our lives. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to living in a world that is simultaneously full of wonder and joy and wretchedness and suffering--a world that always demands both our gratitude and our grief. A staff writer at The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, erudition, and wit about our finite yet infinitely complicated lives. Lost & Found is an enduring account of love in all its many forms from one of the great writers of our time.


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"The book's second section describes Schulz's surprise at finding a life partner after years of cherishing a bookish kind of solitude."

Matt Rowland Hill· The Guardian Read review ↗ Near the Top

"She explores the grief of loss and joy of finding through penetrating reflections ..."

Publishers Weekly Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"Elegant and thought-provoking, Schulz's book is as much a celebration of the circle of life as it is an elegant reminder to all that 'we are here to keep watch, not to keep.' A searchingly intelligent memoir and psychological meditation."

Kirkus Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"Discoursing knowledgeably and often with good humor on subjects that include etymology, poetry, natural history, psychology and more, Schulz displays a capacious intelligence matched only by her boundless curiosity and insight."

Harvey Freedenberg· BookPage Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"Lost & Found is a straightforward, elegantly written tribute to her father, Isaac Schulz ..."

Ann Levin· Associated Press Read review ↗ Near the Top

"With quotations from a vast mine of sources --- including Roman mythology, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Plato and James Baldwin, to name just a few --- Schulz keeps her readers awake and alert to each small turn in this artfully grounded story ..."

Barbara Bamberger Scott· Bookreporter Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"She's not writing for her own personal catharsis ..."

Lauren LeBlanc· The Boston Globe Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"Occasionally, all that awe grows tiresome, as when Schulz belabors her wonderment over the odds of chancing upon her partner ..."

Kristen Martin· NPR Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"It's a moving meditation on grief and loss, but also a sparky celebration of joy, wonder and the miracle of love."

Christina Patterson· The Times (UK) Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"a model of effective eulogy ..."

Alexandra Jacobs· The New York Times Read review ↗ Near the Top

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