“Lost and Found” by Mary Lou Quinn is an engrossing story that always offers surprises and unexpected twists. The well-developed characters feed real, like they could walk in my door at any minute. Their small-town language provides colourful conversations that are sandwiched between descriptions of the thoughts and feelings of the main character, Margaret Mary Murphy.

Maggie is a woman in search of herself. Most stories about addiction end when the person sobers up. “Lost and Found” explores the journey afterwards. Maggie’s struggle to find her true self is supported by her friends in recovery. She faces challenges including life and death situations that conspire to lead her back to her old life of substance abuse and despair. Will she survive in sobriety?
Can she find the serenity and sense of belonging that we alf seek?

The author says she plans a sequel. | am looking forward fo the next baok, not only because expect it will be an exciting, interesting novel, but because this kind of story fills a void in the recovery literature. More than that, | expect the next book, like “Lost and Found,” will help me and
other readers, suffering from addiction or not, in our search for ourselves