The Lost Story: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• Clever, dark, and hopeful . . . a love letter to reading and the power that childhood stories have over us long after we’ve grown up.

  — V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

• Meg Shaffer’s beautiful novel is part Willy Wonka, part magical realism, and wholly moving. It broke my heart and patched it over and reminded me that even as an adult, if you look hard enough, you can find the child still inside you.

  — Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey

• Shaffer blends tragedy and triumph in a whimsical and gratifying debut. This is wish fulfillment in the best way.

  — Publishers Weekly, starred review

• A heartwarming, page-turning story of found family, love triumphing over indifference, and the world-changing power of a good book.

  — Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood

• A dreamy, inventive novel about how books can not only change lives but save them, too.

  — Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Other Birds

• A magical ode to storytelling, imagination, and the mystery of the creative life.

  — Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea

• Meg Shaffer’s debut establishes her as one of the best.

  — Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. and Mrs. Witch

• A meditation on the power of hope when all else seems lost.

  — Kirkus Reviews

• [The Wishing Game has] the life-changing pull of a truly good book.

  — BookPage

• Magical, emotional, and charming.

  — Booklist

• Shaffer tenderly portrays lost souls finding each other in this feel-good story.

  — Shelf Awareness

• A love letter to reading and the power that childhood stories have over us long after we’ve grown up.

  — V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

• Wholly moving.

  — Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey

• Shaffer speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world.

  — Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon

• Shaffer blends tragedy and triumph. . . . This is wish fulfillment in the best way.

  — PUblishers Weekly (starred review)

• A heartwarming, page-turning story of found family and the world-changing power of a good book.

  — Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood

• Meg Shaffer’s debut establishes her as one of the best.

  — Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. & Mrs. Witch

• If our sad, brutal, cynical, cowardly, unkind, exhausting world is too much for you, if you’d like to dream instead of a parallel world where love and loyalty and friendship are the magic that transforms the least of us into genuine heroes, then Meg Shaffer’s The Lost Story is the book you’ve been waiting for. And here’s the real magic. When you return from that enchanted place to the world you wanted to escape from, you’ll find it’s changed. Why? Because you have.

  — Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and the North Bath Trilogy

• This wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world.

  — Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon

• This soothing novel will appeal to fans of classic and portal fantasies, where other fantastic worlds are lying under our own, just waiting to be discovered.

  — Booklist

• A spiritual epilogue to C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia, Meg Shaffer’s The Lost Story explores what happens after you return from a magical realm.

  — Bookpage

• Readers will find this an absolutely immersive pleasure to read. Shaffer delivers an unforgettable and nostalgic experience.

  — Library Journal

• This wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world.

  — Thao Thai, author of Banyan Moon

• A spiritual epilogue to C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, Meg Shaffer’s The Lost Story explores what happens after you return from a magical realm.

  — BookPage