The Lost for Words Bookshop

Stephanie Butland is one of the best writers I was introduced to this year on NetGalley. Her new book "The Lost for Word Bookshop" is a work of art. I was shown that a book does not need to be linear to produce deep feelings. Loveday Cardew's world changed every three weeks when her dad returned from the offshore oil rig for his week at home. She loved both parts of her life. When she was ten she no longer loved her life. Her father was dead, her mother was gone and Loveday entered the foster care system. This is not a book about foster care. This is a book of discovery and choices and how a life can expand or remain unchanged.

Loveday's journey gave me so many things to think about. I would be reading and out would come a phrase I needed to write down so I could think about it later. Loveday described a brother and sister as puppies playing in the sun. What a wonderful way to say they had easy lives. In a letter: Is not meaning to hurt the same as not hurting? The book is full of word pictures that made it a pleasure to read. I strongly recommend this book that is scheduled to publish the first week of June.

I love this book. It made me laugh and cry and "feel." The characters were beautifully and realistically drawn and I drawn in from page one. A completely satisfying read, and a book I'll be recommending to others.

A 5 star book is a rare and wondrous thing – something to be savored and appreciated. Who can say what exactly defines a 5 star book? For me, it is a story that is completely absorbing and transports me to a different time and place, until I at last look up from the final page and slowly reenter the physical world.

I recommend that you sit down with this book when you have time to devote to it. Believe me, you won’t easily walk away.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. My thanks to the author, the publisher and NetGalley.