Lost & Found

Extraordinary … A profound and beautiful book … a moving meditation on grief and loss, but also a sparky celebration of joy, wonder and the miracle of love … Witty, wise, beautifully structured and written in clear, singing prose * Sunday Times *Luminescent … Deft, roving and elegantly written … Lost & Found is itself a marvel of a meditation. It left me moved, inspired and ultimately elated * Financial Times *Eloquent and tender … a breathtakingly beautiful set-piece, a celebration of the ordinariness and sublimity of our most fundamental connections: to parents, to children, to lovers. * Observer *An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew. – Helen Macdonald, author of H is for HawkA deeply moving, richly illuminating exploration of loss and bliss. Schulz is never anything but the very best company, speaking nuanced truths from and about the deepest reaches of the heart. – Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy ExamsIn Lost & Found, she moves between the philosophical and the intimate, turning a memoir of love and death into an exploration of the way chance becomes fate and grief intertwines with gratitude. – Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror An unfolding astonishment to read – Alison Bechdel, author of Fun HomeIn this profound mediation on loss and revelation, on how we relinquish those we love and learn to love others, Kathryn Schulz has created a masterpiece of metaphysical insight, at once richly lyrical and piercingly specific. – Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday DemonLost and Found is the most daring of books: a memoir by a happy person. Deeply felt and exquisitely written, it’s an absorbing exploration of love and loss – not to mention meteorites, Dante and bears. The prodigiously talented Kathryn Schulz has written about her life in a way that will change yours. – Andy Borowitz, author of The Borowitz ReportOur lives do indeed deserve and reward the kind of honest, gentle, brilliant scrutiny [Schulz] brings to bear on her own life. The book is profound and beautiful. – Marilynne Robinson, author of Housekeeping and GileadPulitzer Prize-winner Kathryn Shulz’s grief memoir offers clarity and wisdom on how loss and discovery are never far apart from one another. * Esquire *

Kathryn Schulz is a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of Being Wrong. She won a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for ‘The Really Big One’, an article about seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest. Lost & Found grew out of ‘Losing Streak’, which was originally published in the New Yorker and later anthologized in The Best American Essays. Her other essays and reporting have appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Food Writing. A native of Ohio, she lives with her family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.