LOST & FOUND written by Brooke Davis is one of those stories that left me thinking about life, death, and growing old. This novel covers the lives of three people, two elderly adults and one seven year old child that come together and learn a little something about living and learning to trust others. With this being Brooke Davis' first novel, I feel that she did a great job of giving detailed accounts from not only a child's point of view but that of a woman and man who each lived a full life with their own struggles of pain and insecurity of what their future holds.

Millie has just lost her dad and her mother leaves her at a mall and never comes back for her. Karl the touch typist, as he calls himself because he types with his fingers as he talks, has lost his wife, Evie and his son has sent him to live in a nursing home that he soon breaks out of and meets Millie. Millie approaches soon Agatha Pantha who has not left her house since her husband died, and Agatha finds herself taking steps out in the big world to help a little girl find her mother. The three new friends find hope within each other when they were not even looking. In their journey across Australia to find Millie's mom you will cry and rejoice and find yourself thinking a little bit more of love, life, and the ones we share it with.

I love finding books that give me the story from the eyes of a child. Even though this novel does not only give that, but it also makes you see life from the eyes of those that have lived many years and how they have changed in mind and body and the effects it has on the quality of life. Plainly, it made me think which I love stories that do that. The writing style is different from what I'm use to but kept my interest with a storyline that grabs you by the gut from the beginning. Brooke Davis did a magnificent job with writing LOST & FOUND! She even included a little about herself and dealing with life that has inspired her to write this novel. I cannot wait and I hope to read more from this author.