What an amazing story! This book grabbed me from the first page and didn't let go until I turned the last page just a hours later. There was so much that made this book interesting, intriguing and simply impossible to put down...great love, unrequited love, finding oneself, helping others with a little bit of the paranormal to go with it all.

I hesitated reading this one at first as the synopsis didn't quite grab my interest but when you open the pages, you simply fall into the beautifully written prose and the story line until you just can't pull yourself away.

The stories of the main characters, along with some of the back stories of the "lost things', were engaging and moving and I can't recommend this book enough. I will most definitely be looking for this author's next book.

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for a copy of this simply lovely book!!

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

How many times do we lose things and never know what happens to them?

Andrew Peardrew, forty years ago, lost a keepsake of his beloved fiancée, who unexpectedly died the same day. The loss of his fiancée and the item impacted Andrew significantly and put him on a quest to rescue lost things and catalog the details associated with them.

Knowing he won't live forever and with a vast array or lost things, he has to identify someone to help him complete his quest to reunite these items with their original owners. Laura, a women recovering from a bad divorce comes into Andrew's life as his personal assistant and he decides to make her the person to take on this task, unbeknownst to her..

Upon Andrew's death, Laura is shocked to learn that Andrew has identified her for this task which truly seems impossible. Feeling obligated, she invokes the assistance of Sunshine, Andrew's neighbor and Freddy, Andrew's gardener, to help reunite the owners with their lost things.

The novel then outlines the connections between the people and their lost things and the stories behind the events. The stories were interesting, ranging from sad to happy and I enjoyed the development of friendships between Laura, Sunshine and Freddy.

What a beautiful idea for a book....that someone cares enough to pick up lost things, catalogue them and then look for their owners....

I loved premise of the book but I didn't always like the flow of the book as it moved between times, couples and locations and stories....however I trusted that sooner or later they would all come together - and about half way through the book - I relaxed into the flow.

The book had a bit of everything from romance and ghostly presences, magic, mystery and movie references that were so perfect for the situation. The characters were funny, sad, romantic, tortured and kind....I loved each of them for different reasons.

Truly a wonderful read!

There is no other way to describe this book other than a most delightful read.
It had charm, whimsy, love, sadness and smiles all throughout.
Such a wonderful concept to be the keeper of lost things and all that goes with it.
I will no doubt think about this book for a long time to come.
Thank you to Netgalley, William Morrow Books and the Author, Ruth Hogan for a copy of this book.

A sentimental and delightful story about the power of second chances. It was just the heartwarming story I needed, and the cast of characters thoroughly charmed me.

Thank you to The Book Club Girl for a copy of this novel.

Charming story of a man who keeps lost things and his assistant who inherits the collection after he dies. Funny and amusing tales of objects found intertwine in the story. Even though it was enjoyable, I felt like it was missing something. It is set in England so there is a lot of tea and biscuits.

This book is well-written. I liked the concept and how everything all tied in. It was a bit of a slow read for me but, overall, I enjoyed it. As someone who loves history, especially the study of the ordinary person, I am always intrigued by the idea of the stories behind al the things that were found. This would be a great book club book.

I liked this book and the characters. It was an interesting premise and it was well executed. I did have a hard time at times with the writing and jumping back and forth which made it easy to not be interested in the story.

As indicated in the key topics, this book covers a plethora of themes: dealing with the death of a loved one, domestic violence, finding oneself, living with Down Syndrome, etc. In spite of the great number of issues being dealt with, the book starts out very slowly and I was not sure if it was worth pursuing. Ultimately, I kept going and overall enjoyed the book.
Laura is running from a bad marriage when she finds employment with Anthony as a house-keeper. She always did well in school, but decided to marry rather than go to college and that one bad decision has delayed her life.
Anthony is mourning the loss of the woman who was to become his wife. In the meantime, in a whole other realm, it seems, Eunice finds a job working at a small publishing house with Bomber and his continuous retinue of dogs.
These two stories do come together, along with those of Freddy, the gardener and Sunshine, the neighbor with Down Syndrome, with a flourish at the end.
While I liked the characters and enjoyed the story, it seemed a little too ambitious, with too many moving parts. it took me a while to figure out the connection between the two separate stories. In addition, there were little pieces of fiction written by Anthony in which he tried to tell a story of the lost things he found and was collecting.
Tighten this up a little and it would be a lovely book.

A sweet story. Two parallel stories at once that came together in the end.
I cared about all of the characters in each story.

I enjoyed this book! For a while I wasn't sure how all of the storylines were going to connect, but I liked the ending and how the author brought everything together. The idea of this book was very unique and I would definitely read more by this author. I received a free copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

What a quirky, whimsical, and imaginative way to illustrate the meaning of objects in our life. The author cleverly weaves together many small stories and two main stories, with the relation among all of them coming together in the last third of the book. A central idea is that seemingly insignificant items can hold deep meaning, despite their lack of monetary value. This book did not have me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next, instead, it encouraged careful reflection about simplicity, grief, healing, promises, finding oneself, powerful moments, solace, reunion, love, and even a bit of magic! While I enjoyed the unique contribution of all of the characters , I savored the specialness of Sunshine's contribution! What a feel-good, heartwarming read. Thank you Ruth Hogan, HarperCollins Publishers, and NetGalley for the free copy.

I did not enjoy this book at all and found it very boring and had a hard time reading it. I could not identify with the characters and failed to see the purpose.

Laura was a personal assistant and housekeeper for Anthony, an elderly writer. Both had experienced pain. Anthony dealt with that by finding and keeping lost things. After his death, he leaves the house to Laura and asks her to try to reunite things with their owners.

There are several other characters, including a side-story of an editor, Bomber, his assistant, Eunice, and his sister, Portia, who wants to be a writer but has no talent.

The story was quirky and the characters endearing. I enjoyed it.

Cozy, quirky, and sometimes predictable story set in England about finding a long lost love. What I enjoyed most about the delightful story was all the different kinds of relationships (neighbors, friends, parents, pets, etc), that the author wove together for the characters to ultimately meet, connect and find happiness .

A little slow getting into this book and how the two story lives would run together. But, I couldn’t quite stop reading. Ended up really enjoying the book & the characters.

This story is constructed by intertwining various threads of stories into a beautiful heartwarming novel. The back and forth in time was a little perplexing at first but I finally caught onto the rhythm of it and especially enjoyed the quirky short stories within the main story about the missing items. The characters were all interesting but the star of the novel was Sunshine for showing us what we should all aspire to; to be present, happy, and to unconditionally love. I found this whimsical & unique story a soothing break from my usual reading.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed The Keeper of Lost things. It's not my typical style but I figured I'd give it a try. I really liked it.

There are two timelines, plus additional stories from the story telling inside the main story.

Enchanting!! Laura a young woman who chose the wrong husband, a man who becomes abusive, decides to begin a new life as an assistant to the writer, Anthony Peardew. Anthony has begun finding lost items and keeps a record of each one! This is a story with unique characters and bits of information on some of the lost items that intersects and weaves a soulful tale of lost, and found love, of what we find important and fulfilling in our lives. The mood of this book was so comforting, with tea and conversation, reminding me how lovely some daily inexpensive rituals really are. I think this would be a great book for book clubs, so much to enjoy and talk about!!! #TheKeeperOf Lost Things#NetGalley#RuthHogan

This was an…odd…book. I liked the premise of finding and treasuring lost things but beyond the weird confusion I felt in the storyline, it took an odd turn when it all the sudden started talking about ghosts without a bit of the abnormality of it, or waiting for the punchline of irony that never came. Apparently ghosts and haunted houses are just no big deal and run of the mill to the characters??

There was some decent British humor and I liked that there was a very thoughtful character with Down Syndrome portrayed, and that Laura, one of main characters, had to struggle to find her purpose and her motivation after a series of bad choices and blows. But the book itself was a bit difficult for me to find context for in the way it was written. It kept bouncing to Eunice without much understanding of why - and obviously that was revealed at the end but for most of the book it just felt arbitrary. And the stories of the lost things, for most of the book I was trying to figure out whether they were the real actual stories of the things or whether it was the made up stories that Anthony wrote. The book did a poor job of presenting that in my opinion. You found out in the end but it would not have hurt the story to explain that in the process.

Overall it just felt fairly confusing to me. Interesting but confusing.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.