{"product_id":"the-lost-story-by-meg-shaffer-9781529436327","title":"The Lost Story","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world\u003c\/b\u003e - THAO THAI, author of \u003ci\u003eBanyan Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eIf 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\u003c\/b\u003e - RICHARD RUSSO, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e comes a Narnia-inspired fairy tale for grown-ups who still knock on the back of wardrobe doors... just in case.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWholly moving... reminded me that even as an adult, if you look hard enough, you can find the child still inside you\u003c\/b\u003e - Jodi Picoult, author of \u003ci\u003eMad Honey\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartwarming, page-turning story of found family [and] love triumphing over indifference\u003c\/b\u003e - Melissa Albert, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hazel Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dreamy, inventive novel... Full of the power of imagination, it's one of my favourite books of the year\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Addison Allen, author of \u003ci\u003eOther Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA meditation on the power of hope when all else seems lost\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Wishing Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072751026412,"sku":"9781529436327","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14784993482732.jpg?v=1765130110","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-lost-story-by-meg-shaffer-9781529436327","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}