REVIEW: The Library of Lost and Found

The Library of Lost and Found
Author: Phaedra Patrick

Martha Storm cared for her aging parents for 15 years before their deaths. She does favors for everyone. She wants to be The Good Neighbor.....the one who is always there to help out, to be kind, to be useful. Her whole house is filled with these favors....laundry that needs to be done, fish and plants that need looking after, items to be repaired, pants to hem.....her whole life is filled with self-imposed obligations to others. Then one book....a book given to her by a stranger....changes everything. Martha recognizes the stories in the book....and goes on a quest to find out how the stories ended up in a book. What she finds out changes not only her view of the past, but her future.

Beautiful story! The Library of Lost and Found is a complex and quirky but heartwarming story about a woman searching for her true place in the world. I loved how the stories Martha wrote as a child were woven in with the book's plot, revealing a deeper meaning. The stories meant so much to Martha as a child....and they come to mean even more to her as an adult as she discovers family secrets and lies, and overcomes them.

This is the first book by Phaedra Patrick that I've read. I'm definitely going to read more by this author. I have added The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper and Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone to my TBR list! :)

**I voluntarily read an advanced readers copy of this book from Harlequin via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.**