{"product_id":"lost-story","title":"Lost Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003e ''\u003cb\u003eThis wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world'' - THAO THAI, author of \u003ci\u003eBanyan Moon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''If you''d like to dream instead of a parallel world where love and loyalty and friendship are the magic that transforms the least of us into genuine heroes, then Meg Shaffer''s \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Story\u003c\/i\u003e is the book you''ve been waiting for'' - \u003cb\u003eRICHARD RUSSO, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a Narnia-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobe doors . . . just in case.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce upon a time, two boys went missing in the woods. Six months later, they reappeared, with no explanation for where they''d been or how they''d survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen years on, Rafe is a reclusive artist with no memory of what happened during those months, despite the scars he bears. Meanwhile, Jeremy is a famed missing persons investigator. With his uncanny abilities, he is the one person who can help vet tech Emilie Wendell find her long-lost sister, who vanished in the very same forest as Rafe and Jeremy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeremy also keeps a secret: the fantastical truth about the magical realm they made home for those six months. And it''s there they may find Emilie''s sister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside Emilie, Rafe and Jeremy must return to the enchanted world they left behind - for only then can they get back everything and everyone they''ve lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wholly moving . . . reminded me that even as an adult, if you look hard enough, you can find the child still inside you'' - \u003cb\u003eJodi Picoult, author of \u003ci\u003eMad Honey\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A heartwarming, page-turning story of found family [and] love triumphing over indifference'' - \u003cb\u003eMelissa Albert, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hazel Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A dreamy, inventive novel . . . Full of the power of imagination, it''s one of my favourite books of the year'' - \u003cb\u003eSarah Addison Allen, author of \u003ci\u003eOther Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A meditation on the power of hope when all else seems lost'' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395476431230,"sku":"NW9781529436358","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529436358.jpg?v=1778624233","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/lost-story","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}