The Book of Lost Things

The Book of Lost Things By John Connolly Copyright. 2006 by John Connolly This book is dedicated to an adult, Jennifer Ridyard, and to Cameron and Alistair Ridyard, who will be adults all too soon. For in every adult dwells the child that was, and in every child lies the adult that will be. Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life. --FRIEDRICH SCHILLER (1759-1805) Everything you can imagine is real. --PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Synopsis New York Times bestselling author John Connolly’s unique imagination takes readers through the end of innocence into adulthood and beyond in this dark and triumphantly creative novel of grief and loss, loyalty and love, and the redemptive power of stories. High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother. He is angry and alone, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness, and as he takes refuge in his imagination, he finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propel......