WIN 1 of 15 copies of Lost & Found by Brooke Davies

We are giving 15 lucky winners the chance to WIN a copy of Lost & Found by Brooke Davies

Lost & Found by Brooke Davis

A heart-warming debut about finding out what love and life is all about.

Millie Bird (aka Captain Funeral), seven-years old and ever hopeful, always wears red gumboots to match her red, curly hair. Her struggling mother leaves Millie in a local department store and never returns.

Agatha Pantha, eighty-two, has not left her house or spoken to another human being since she was widowed seven years ago. She fills the silences by yelling at passers by, watching loud static on the TV and maintaining a strict daily schedule.

Karl the Touch Typist, eighty-seven, once used his fingers to type out love notes on his wife’s skin. Now he types his words out into the air as he speaks. Karl is moved into a nursing home but in a moment of clarity and joy, he escapes.

A series of events binds the three together on a road trip that takes them from the south coast of WA to Kalgoorlie and along the Nullarbor to the edge of the continent. Millie wants to find her mum. Karl wants to find out how to be a man. And Agatha just wants everything to go back to how it was.

They will discover that old age is not the same as death, that the young can be wise, and that letting yourself experience sadness just might be the key to life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brooke Davis grew up in Bellbrae, Victoria, and attempted to write her first novel when she was ten years old. It was genre-busting foray into the inner-workings of a young teenage girl s mind ANNE OF GREEN GABLES meets THE BABY-SITTERS CLUBS meets ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET titled SUMMER SADNESS. Fortunately it remains unfinished, as she quickly realised she didn t know the first thing about sadness, or being a teenager. Lost & Found is her first proper novel, and she was lucky to write it as part of a PhD at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. She still lives there (in Perth, not at university), and is sometimes allowed to work at a very nice bookshop nearby.

Lost & Found is published by Hachette Australia. Visit their website www.hachette.com.au for more information on this book and other good reads!

Please note this competition is open from 24th June 2014 until 24th July 2014 and is only available to members of Mouths Of Mums. We are unable to accept entries posted via facebook. The winners of this competition will be published on this page. Winners’ name and address will be provided to the promoter of this competition and prizes will be sent to the address you have in Your Profile. Please ensure your details are up to date so that you receive your prize.

Winners for this competition

A. DennisSA
D. SamuelVIC
K. EmburyTAS
L. MoralesVIC
L. RossiVIC
A. GaleSA
H. FerneeVIC
M. NegusWA
S. FischerSA
A. MurrayQLD
K. JohnsonSA
K. CampbellVIC
O. ConnollyNSW
J. NashNSW
E. KaminskiQLD

Entries so far
This Competition is Closed

- - sandy55 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    11:43 pm
It sounds like a fascinating story and a memorable book, I’d love to win it.
- - mom68934 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    11:10 pm
The reviews of this book have me itching to have a read. I think I would love this book
- - sarahmorrison86 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    10:56 pm
Poor Millie, I hope her mum didn’t really leave her and Agatha… well I’d be the same I hope there is light at the end at the tunnel and Karl – I hope he does feel like a man. I would love to read about their road trip.
- - kvelayut said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    10:04 pm
I love to get Lost in a book, its how I Find myself
- - sheena1986 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    10:00 pm
I’d love to find out more about the lives of the people in the stories they sound interesting
- - yomark07 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    9:54 pm
These days I can instantly download my music, my books,
Upload my photos, my life, taking care with how I look!
How I miss the time spent holding a good book.
The feel of the pages between my fingers,
The weight of the those words that lingers.
- - Nannyneenie said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    9:53 pm
I just love stories set in Australia. I am always looking for new authors to follow and Brooke sounds just my cup of tea.
- - mom62066 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    9:34 pm
Seems like a book I can relate to
- - maureen3 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    9:30 pm
Would love to read this interesting , heart felt engrossing book
- - atelier said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    9:06 pm
I love to read and Lost & Found looks to be a great read.
- - bluberry said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    9:05 pm
Id love to escape the madness that is my house with a good book to take my thoughts elsewhere.
- - mom74065 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    8:31 pm
It sounds like a great book to escape to with a glass of red or two to escape from life’s demands and worries
- - threecherubs said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    8:28 pm
Reading is my ‘me’ time, this book would ensure a peaceful evening of literary pleasure after a day packed with school lunches, taxiing kids to activities, work, university studies, feeding the tribe and housework. After all that I really need ‘me’ time!
- - mom73723 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    8:12 pm
As I love to read and this looks like it would be a fantastic read
- - mom70728 said
  - 24 Jul 2014
    4:58 pm
Ive run out of books on my shelf to read! ! I love books and have read all of mine over and over