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Libby Lost and Found is a book for people who don't know who they are without the books they love. It's about the stories we tell ourselves and the chapters of our lives we regret. Most importantly, it's about the endings we write for ourselves.
Synopsis:
Meet Libby Weeks, author of the mega-best-selling fantasy series, The Falling Children—written as "F.T. Goldhero" to maintain her privacy. When the last manuscript is already months overdue to her publisher and rabid fans around the world are growing impatient, Libby is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Already suffering from crippling anxiety, Libby's symptoms quickly accelerate. After she forgets her dog at the park one day—then almost discloses her identity to the journalist who finds him—Libby has to admit it: she needs help finishing the last book.
Desperately, she turns to eleven-year-old superfan Peanut Bixton, who knows the books even better than she does but harbors her own dark secrets. Tensions mount as Libby's dementia deepens—until both Peanut and Libby swirl into an inevitable but bone-shocking conclusion.
Review:
What do you do when you're a writer and you know you're loosing your memory? Add in that your imaginary world seems to be crosssing over to your real life, and things might be a bit confusing. She has hid from the world, but now the world has found her- both a journalist and a superfan just want to help her, each in their own way. But can she trust them? You'll soon be lost in Libby's world, and then Peanut's. For me it was a bit slow of a read, and I put it down multiple times and restarted it. The end may disappoint some readers who fall hard for the story, for others like me, it was in line to what I expected,
About the Author:
Being a writer is a great thing for a chronically nosy (but inherently shy) person. I’d much rather listen to other people than talk about myself.
I have an M.A. in English from the University of New Mexico and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Emerson College. Along with freelance writing, I’ve been a content writer for digital health startups, contributing editor at the long-gone but still-missed Teen People, an advice columnist for Teen (best gig ever), and helped with casting MTV’s award-winning documentary series,”True Lifestyle For fun", I’ve also served as a fiction reader for Puerto del Sol, an editorial assistant for Ploughshares, and read fiction and non-fiction submissions for Tin House.
Home is Portland, Ore., where I live with my family. That includes a small dog with a big personality, two cats, and a huggable pony. heck out her website, https://www.stephanieboothwrites.com/ for more info.
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