The Lost Story

<p><h3> '<b>This wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world' - THAO THAI, author of <i>Banyan Moon </i></b><br><br> '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 <i>The Lost Story</i> is the book you've been waiting for' - <b>RICHARD RUSSO, author of <i>Empire Falls</i> </b></h3><br><br><b>From the author of the bestselling novel <i>The Wishing Game </i>comes a Narnia-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobe doors . . . just in case.</b><br><br>Once 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.<br><br>Fifteen 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.<br><br>Jeremy 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.<br><br>Alongside 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.<br><br>'Wholly moving . . . reminded me that even as an adult, if you look hard enough, you can find the child still inside you' - <b>Jodi Picoult, author of <i>Mad Honey</i>, on <i>The Wishing Game</i></b><br><br>'A heartwarming, page-turning story of found family [and] love triumphing over indifference' - <b>Melissa Albert, author of <i>The Hazel Wood</i>, on <i>The Wishing Game</i></b><br><br>'A dreamy, inventive novel . . . Full of the power of imagination, it's one of my favourite books of the year' - <b>Sarah Addison Allen, author of <i>Other Birds</i>, on <i>The Wishing Game</i></b><br><br>'A meditation on the power of hope when all else seems lost' - <b><i>Kirkus Reviews </i>on <i>The Wishing Game</i></b></p>