Lost Lambs

Omtale

The funny and compassionate new literary novel that turns family dysfunction into an art form. Goes off like a firework. As sincere as it is funny (and it s very funny) Ramona Ausubel, bestselling author of The Last Animal A voice like no other will shift the way you see the family and community into something operatic, strange and profound. Lena Dunham, award-winning writer, director and creator of comedy-drama GirlsThe Flynns are not alright.It s been disastrous since Bud and Catherine opened up their marriage, and none of the Flynns can remember the last time a meal was cooked, a load of laundry done, or a social code abided by.Their daughters spiral in their own chaotic orbits: Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone or something is monitoring the town s citizens.Casting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a nefarious local billionaire. Rumours of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with Alabaster s machinations sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.Rippling with humour, warmth and style, Lost Lambs offers a stunning portrait of the perverse pleasures and perils of our most intimate reality: our family.Praise for Lost Lambs: A great, great American novel Samantha Hunt, Women s Prize Shortlisted author of The Seas A dazzling and singular new voice in literary fiction Loud, hilarious, shocking, and sensitive Megan Nolan, award-winning author of Ordinary Human Failings With a big surge of energy, Lost Lambs splits the nucleus of the American family Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection National Book Award Finalist Madeline Cash is a humourist in the darkly humanist tradition of George Saunders and Lorrie Moore, of Vonnegut and Twain Tim Kreider, author of We Learn Nothing Immersive and propulsive and I never wanted it to end. I can t remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters I loved it. I devoured it Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters