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    Lost & Found

    By Jacqueline Sheehan

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    An unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on—with the help of one not-so-little dog…

    After the death of her husband, Rocky flees to Peak’s Island, a tiny speck off the coast of Maine, a million miles away from everything she’s lost.  Taking a job as an Animal Warden, Rocky meets Lloyd, a large Labrador retriever, who enters her world with a primitive arrow sticking out of his shoulder.  And so begins a remarkable friendship between a wounded woman and an injured, lovable beast.  

    Can the magic of Peak’s Island and its quirky residents heal Rocky’s pain? As the unraveling mystery of Lloyd's accident and missing owner leads Rocky to an archery instructor who draws her in even as she finds every reason to mistrust him, she discovers the life-altering revelation that grief can be transformed...and joy does exist in unexpected places. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061748684
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    Jacqueline Sheehan

    Jacqueline Sheehan, Ph.D., is a fiction writer and essayist, the bestselling author of the novels Lost & Found and Now & Then. Currently on the faculty of Writers in Progress and Grub Street in Massachusetts, she also offers international workshops on the combination of yoga and writing. She writes travel articles about lesser-known destinations and lives in Massachusetts.

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    • 3/5
      Nothing spectacular. THe picture of the dog on the cover msde me pick it up. If you're looking for an easy read that's better than the average best seller, this would be an okay choice.
    • 4/5
      After her loss, Rocky is filled with grief and confusion. She needs to get away from her "life." She carves out a new life on Peak's Island off Maine. She slowly makes new friends and connections especially to Lloyd. These friends along with time help her manage the grief, find her vitality and regain her 'can-do' spirit and personality. She finds herself looking forward to life. Positive, romantic and sweet read.
    • 4/5
      This book is about a woman on an island and a dog. Enough happens in the story to make it interesting and suspenseful, for a book that isn't suspense.
    • 4/5
      A terrific story that was a pleasure to read.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed Lost & Found very much. It's a testament to how animals and people can help heal others.
    • 4/5
      I really got attached to this book. The characters, one of which included a black lab, and their own points of view at different times in the story. I liked the idea of seeing how one could move away and become a whole different person, then seeing how things shift back to her "old" self. It was good, easy read, and I was a little sad when it was over.
    • 3/5
      Rocky is a psychologist who is having difficulty dealing with the sudden death of her veterinarian husband. She runs away to a little Maine island town, where nobody knows her, to get an extended break from "real life". Filling the Animal Control officer role, she forges relationships with her island neighbors and cares for a dog horribly injured by an arrow.Lost and Found is a great story that crosses into multiple genres. It's "women's fiction", packing an emotional punch with the grief over the loss of a husband. It's a mystery. It's a romance. And there is a wonderful dog.The writing style isn't as good as the plot, characters, and setting. But it's a good read, particularly for dog lovers.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book, but had forgotten to review it. Sometimes it's very difficult to describe the things we love or why we love them so much. I adored the book, but my daughter just couldn't get into it, so it's a matter of personal taste, like most things. I guess I was captivated from the first. The heroine's strong veterinarian husband drops dead of a heart attach, and this University psychologist and life-long lifeguard could not save him. That was the part that dragged her down the most...not just the shock of him dying so suddenly and unexpectedly, but the hard lesson that this "helper" personality that thought she could fix anything, could not save the love of her life. I am a dog person, so I also loved Cooper and his "thoughts" on what was necessary to save his new mistress from despair. Loved the book. Definitely going into my collection for the desert island someday.
    • 4/5
      Loved this book and the writing was interesting. Glad I bought the sequel!
    • 4/5
      Being a huge dog lover, I really enjoyed this book. Liked the way there were several stories being told in the same book.
    • 4/5
      about grief - a mystery - a dog - good characters
    • 5/5
      Finally, a dog story where the dog does not die! Someone has called this story "bittersweet" and it is. The grief process of protagonist Rocky Pelligrino works through, the anorexic struggles of Melissa and friendship with a the unique and quirky neighbor both pleasant and painful, and the whole story is held together beautifully by Cooper (Lloyd). A story for every animal lover, for anyone who has ever lost someone, and for anyone who see the world from a unique perspective.
    • 4/5
      The title Lost & Found succinctly sums up this book – but Jacqueline Sheehan has included so much more. In between the pages of this seemingly light, yet meaningful read, there is a framework, an idea, shown almost voyeuristically, of what can happen when someone unexpectedly loses something, so intrinsically essential to them, that they also lose their direction; and how they may find their way back.Rocky, a psychologist at a university counselling service, and married for eight years, has a life-shattering experience when her beloved veterinarian husband, Bob, aged 42, has a massive heart attack in their bathroom during his morning ablutions, and dies. Inevitably unable to continue her life as before, Rocky takes a sabbatical and returns to a happy past-holiday memory; to remote Peak’s Island, Nova Scotia. Here she takes a job as the Animal Control Warden, finds a badly-injured black Labrador, and a number of flawed, but intriguing, individuals living on the island – all which start her on her journey of reconciling with her loss and finding a new life. It is obvious, when reading this book that the author has the crucial knowledge, understanding and empathy for many of the topics touched upon in this story – authentic is the word that comes to mind. With profound understanding, and clever intuition, the reader is taken on a journey through Rocky’s acute grief, irrational behaviour, and eventual conciliation, while illustrating how a bond between an animal and a human can work so positively. And, with time, no matter how hard we try, or how far we run, other problems will always intrude into our lives, refusing to allow complete isolation or oblivion. The erstwhile characters on the island provide an interesting and complementary digression to Rocky’s situation; offering an appreciation and awareness of the complex human psyche, while moderating the harsh reality with humorous, but perceptive, anecdotal asides. Giving the dog his own distinctive voice, at appropriate times, was inspired.Notwithstanding the premise of the book, this was a very enjoyable read. It will appeal to all of us who have suffered the grief of deep loss; to animal-lovers who understand the joy and life-affirming bond that such a relationship can bring; and the realisation that all of us are vulnerable and susceptible to extremes; more importantly, that life is not a fairytale, with the requisite happy ending. And it offers an enlightened insight into grief: the individual aspects to this, the necessity of the journey and the different paths to recovery – a concept too many of us, to our own detriment, never fully comprehend.
    • 4/5
      Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan is a novel about a middle aged woman named Rocky that looses her husband to an unexpected heart attack. She decides that moving to an island outside of Portland would be the best way to grieve. She quits her job as a therapist and becomes the islands dog patrol. Ironically her husband bob used to be a veterinarian, as she tries to take escape the life she used to live she finds herself attracted to those things and that’s what’s most comforting. She enjoys having that little bit of the past. Rocky moves to the island to expecting to just keep to herself, but ends up meeting some new friends that help her realize the important lessons in life. She first arrives on the island and meets her boss and landlord Isaiah. She then meets Tess a woman that sees the world in all different colors. Next she meets Melissa, a teenage girl that lives next door when she visits her mom. Melissa his hiding an eating disorder and with Rocky’s ex profession she realizes her disease instantly. Rocky and Melissa have a very awkward relationship. Neither of them respect each other but they both know that they can teach each other something. Rocky wants to help Melissa but since know one knows what she used to be before she moved she feels like it’s not her place and it may blow her cover and the nice calm life she’s begun to have on the island. Rocky finds a dog that has been shot with an arrow and this dog becomes a huge lesson and help for rocky. I loved this book. I thought that it was really well written and it’s not your everyday dog story. It explains the relationship between and animal and human and how you can connect with something on a much deeper level. Sheehan did a fine job with this novel and I recommend it to anyone who has any interest in animals or grieving.
    • 5/5
      When Rocky’s husband Bob dies suddenly at the age of forty-two, Rocky’s life is blown apart. Faced with the dark force of grief and unable to cope with her life as a psychologist, she flees from her home in Massachusetts to the isolated, wind-blown beaches of Peak’s Island, Maine. Rocky quickly finds a part-time job working as an Animal Control Warden, filling her long days with cat rescues and trapping skunks. Her wish is to bury her painful losses, but it is not long before she meets Tess (a retired physical therapist who views the world in a rainbow of colors), Isaiah (her boss who is a former minister), Melissa (a teenager hiding an eating disorder), and Hill (an archery instructor whose life may not be all it seems). These characters become part of Rocky’s everyday life on the island, gently prying her loose from her heartache. But it her encounter with a stray black lab who has been shot with an arrow which will change her life forever.Jacqueline Sheehan has crafted a novel which explores the depths of grief and loss, and the slow process of recovery. She weaves a story filled with mystery and suspense, but more importantly one which tenderly reveals the magical bond between human and animal. Sheehan’s characters create an authentic presence in the story, making the reader believe in the complex situations of their lives. She successfully gives the dog, Lloyd, a point of view which is at once touching and all too real.Lost and Found is a book which will resonate with anyone who has suffered a loss or struggled with difficult issues; but it will especially touch the hearts of dog lovers. I gulped down this book in two sittings in less than a 24 hour period. I was simply tugged into the story and unable to let it go.Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      Rocky moves to a remote island after the death of her husband. She takes on a new job and attempts to avoid the pain of her husbands death. She is soon befriended by the island's residents and an injured dog. As her life goes on she begins to heal.
    • 4/5
      I have always loved books when people live on islands, and especially if they are suddenly there and have to create a new life for themselves. When I was a kid it was Robinson Crusoe, later more modern day tales of people running away from something or seeking solitude or a new kind of life. This book fits that trend as well, and takes place on an island outside the city of Portland in Maine in the US. A woman is suddenly widowed and decides to change her life, at least temporarily, by moving to a tiny island where nobody knows her. She applies for, and gets, the part-time Animal Warden job, which is mostly catching the cats the summer tourists left behind when vacation is over, but also dealing with skunks and racoons. One day an injured dogs shows up, shot with an exquisite homemade old-fashioned arrow in the shoulder. Nobody claims the dog, so the animal warden takes it in and fosters it back to health. The mystery deepens and eventually the story is sorted out. There are many wonderful characters in the book, including an older woman with synesthesia and a teenage girl with anorexia. I won't tell you more about the story here, because then I spoil it for you.This is a really well-written book, and it could have become a shallow, sappy, and superficial romantic story, but it is not. The descriptions of the characters are great, and describes how people think and feel in depth. The author is a psychologist and it shows (in a good way). Even if part of the book is really sad, in the end it is a feel-good book that is easy and fast to read. Just two things bother me, and it has nothing to do with the author and her writing. Whoever put a brown labrador on the cover hadn't read the book, or just wanted any good dog photo on the cover. The dog in the book is a black lab. And, the symbol at the beginning of each chapter in the book is a golden retriever, not a lab. I grew up with labradors, and there is a big difference between the two breeds. Goldens are more air-headed, and were never good hunting dogs. Another major design flaw. Harper Collins, shape up. Details like this matter - I like factual accuracies, not sloppiness.
    • 3/5
      decent plot with a bit of mystery, but character development could have been better and setting jumped around a lot and was sometimes confusing.
    • 4/5
      Rocky's veterinarian husband Bob dies from a massive heart attack suddenly one morning in their upstairs bathroom. After CPR fails to revive Bob, Rocky stumbles through the next few days of Bob's funeral arrangements and decision making about her future. She ends up taking a year long leave from her job as a psychologist at a university counseling center and renting a house on Peak's Island, a ferry trip away from Portland, Oregon.On the island, Rocky falls into an Animal Control Warden job and a recently vacated rental cottage that belongs to former minister Isaiah and his wife Charlotte.Among her first rescues are a tabby cat who's been left behind by negligent renters and a big black lab injured by an arrow shot.Rocky makes friends with year round resident Tess, an older divorced woman/physical therapist and a teenager with a secret eating disorder named Melissa. Both Tess and Melissa have their own psychological handicaps, which makes them perfect for Rocky who suffers from an anxiety disorder. Topping off their friendship is the black Lab whom they call Lloyd...Lloyd has something each of the women needs. Upon investigation, Rocky finds out that the arrow that almost killed Lloyd belonged to his former owner, competitive archer, Elizabeth Townsend who is found dead in her home under suspicious circumstances. According to her vet and everyone who knew Elizabeth, even though she struggled with her own psychological issues, she would have never hurt Lloyd...who's real name is Cooper. In order to keep Cooper-Lloyd, Rocky has to solve the mystery of Elizabeth's death and essentially save her own in the process.What I LikedAnimal facts - Rocky's husband Bob was a vet so there were many times that Rocky would fall back on things she knew about certain animals bc of things Bob had told her from time to time. Many of the animals Rocky is called on to help are not in the best shape...mentally or physically and Rocky falls back on her knowledge very naturally but also in a way that's interesting to the reader. I think it's a given that to read and enjoy this book, you need to be an animal lover or at least interested in them. If you're not, I'm not sure you'll appreciate this tale for all its characteristics.Synesthesia - a psychological syndrome where a person responds from two places in their brain to an action...when Tess stubs her toe, she sees orange but also yells orange bc she sees and feels orange at the same time.Panic attacks - Rocky has them. She has learned through her own experiences and her training as a counselor to work against them...learning the early warning signs and keep them from controlling her. As a fellow panic attack sufferer, I appreciated this part of the story more than you know. It's nice to have a character, strong but flawed, who is not crippled by her anxiety. The story is also written from the perspective of someone who understands the science and medicine behind psychological disorders...this is obviously Rocky's perspective as a psychologist, but it's also apparant that Sheehan has some experience in the mental health field as well.Melissa - at first I couldn't figure out the connection here...and Melissa sortof felt thrown in at times...Getting Cooper-Lloyd's perspective felt more natural to me than Melissa's. I eventually saw the need for Rocky's life to mean something to someone else, no matter how fractured she felt; Rocky's existence and the turn of events in her life were for a purpose of some kind. Her life still meant something to someone. But, I still felt like this connection could have been done better...it was just not as seamless of a connection as Rocky's with the other characters.What I Didn't LikeThe point of view switches were a little confusing at times bc there didn't seem to be a pattern for them. More than half way through all of a sudden Sheehan brings in the dog's point of view. Yes, I said the dog's point of view. At first I found this weird...but it grew on me bc Sheehan doesn't try to bring in illogical thoughts or human thoughts to the dog. She simply imagines what the dog would be thinking based upon, again, what scientists know (or think they know) about how dogs respond to their environments and the events in their lives.While I could understand Rocky needing some space and not wanting to tell everyone her story, I found it a little strange that she chose to re-invent herself literally...technically lying about who she was. Again, I realize the she was making decisions while still in shock from the sudden death of her husband, but those decisions could have impeded her ability to go on with her life eventually.TMI - there were a few places where Rocky would remember specifics about her life with Bob that were TMI for me and one place where Rocky and Tess share a tub that was a little unbelievable for me. They made me uncomfortable more than anything, but I also didn't think they were necessary for the storyline. I don't even begin to know what life is like for a woman who's lost her husband (nor do I want to), so Rocky's flashbacks about Bob may be more than perfectly realistic in her situation...they were just hard for me to wrap my mind around from my own personal perspective.Overall RecommendationPsychology and animals are huge themes here so I'm pretty sure it's imperative for a reader to be interested in both of these areas to appreciate this novel.
    • 4/5
      I found myself enjoying this novel far more than I thought I would - from the cover and description, I assumed it might be some soppy story about how pets enrich our lives. Instead, it was a brilliant collection of funny, flawed and lost women who substitute thrilling chase sequences for bland 'what I learned'-style denouements. I fell in love with the main character, Rocky, who responds to her husband's untimely death by pouring his ashes into a deep fryer in a moment of hysterical memoriam. That's a woman who isn't a part of the traditional 'healing through the power of friendship' circle of heroines that I expected this book to take on. It was quite refreshing, and ended up being very powerful, as well as an engrossing read.
    • 4/5
      I won the sequel through Librarything and I borrowed this book from the library so I would know the characters from the beginning. I highly recommend both books if you love animals and their human companions.
    • 3/5
      I read Lost & Found during a Sunday afternoon and enjoyed it. It is not a book of "great literature" but a combination dogs lovers book including Romance and Mystery. I liked the characters and found them to be realistic if a little superficial. The story was a bit predictable yet still enjoyable. I recommend it for reading in a comfy chair with a cup of tea. Perhaps, a dog at your feet, too.
    • 4/5
      One morning Rocky's husband dies of a heart attack while shaving, despite Rocky's best efforts at CPR. Though a psychologist, Rocky finds that she can't handle her own grief. She quits her job and moves to a small island off the coast of Maine where she becomes an Animal Control Warden. During her time she makes friends with some quirky characters such as Tess who has synesthesia and lives in a world of brilliant colors. One day Rocky is called to locate a black lab on the loose. When she finds him, he is carrying part of an arrow in his shoulder. After the dog has been treated by a vet, Rocky takes him home to tend during his recovery and names him Lloyd. Along the way, Lloyd is not the only one beginning to recover. Lost & Found was a lovely book about the power of healing and those who are able to help others heal.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book and couldn't put it down! It has all the elements of a great story: terrific characters (especially the black Lab Lloyd AKA Cooper), complex relationships, terrific dialogue, mystery and suspense, honest emotions, and a poignant portrayal of Rocky's journey of loss and grief. I also loved all the canine "insights." Highly Recommended!
    • 4/5
      At the beginning of this story Rosanne Pellegino loses her husband. Then she runs away from her life as it was and finds a new life on Peaks Island off the coast of Maine. There she works as an animal warden, a world away from her career as a psychologist. She tries to keep herself away from people and contact with others but finds that some people are hard to keep away and that there's a big dog determined to give her companionship. I really did like this story, though the resolution of the minor mystery was a little rushed. A minor quibble with the cover, the events of the book cover about a year, and early on in the story the main character hacks off her hair (roughly) while the picture on the rear of the edition I have has a woman with a pony tail. It usually takes longer to grow a ponytail! Minor quibble out of the way, the story is quite interesting and I enjoyed the read. I would look for more by this author.
    • 4/5
      This is a really good story. Lots of drama, some suspense and a great dog.
    • 4/5
      I loved how the writer used the dog's perspective at times. Great read. I fiished it pretty quick.
    • 5/5
      Lost & Found tells the story of a woman, Rocky, devastated by the sudden death of her husband; her grief made deeper by the fact that she failed to save him when she administered CPR. She escapes her old life by fleeing to an island off of Maine and becoming the animal warden. Slowly, she emerges from her grief, with the help of an injured dog; a synesthetic friend; a young anorexic neighbor; the renewed physical and emotional strength that she develops as she masters archery; and finally, through the possibility of loving again. This book was written by someone who truly understands the depth and power of the relationship between people and dogs. (In stark contrast to another book which I read recently - The Art of Racing in the Rain - by someone who had the audacity to make a dog the main character in the novel despite having absolutely no understanding of dogs.)
    • 4/5
      Simply said, I liked this book. Easy read and interesting ... a little bit left unsaid with the young girl and it does drop in a few times with a switch like the dog is writing/thinking ... but still okay overall. Yes, I'd recommend it to others.