How to Be Lost: A Novel-Fast Shipping

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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters . . . Years ago, five-year-old Ellie disappeared. But then her sister finds her photograph in the pages of a magazine, leading her to ask: Was Ellie ever really missing?

“Invites comparison to The Lovely Bones . . . Ward’s depiction of family, with its attendant love and guilt, will keep you turning pages.”—People

Joseph and Isabelle Winters seem to have it all: a grand home in Holt, New York,a trio of radiant daughters, and a sense that they are safe in their affluent cornerof America. But when five-year-old Ellie disappears, the fault lines within the familyare exposed: Joseph, once a successful businessman, succumbs to his demons; Isabelleretreats into memories of her debutante days in Savannah; and Ellie’s bereft sistersgrow apart—Madeline reluctantly stays home, while Caroline runs away.

Fifteen yearslater, Caroline, now a New Orleans cocktail waitress, sees a photograph of a womanin a magazine. Convinced that it is Ellie all grown up, Caroline embarks on a searchfor her missing sister. Armed with copies of the photo, an amateur detective guide,and a cooler of Dixie beer, Caroline travels through the New Mexico desert, the mountainsof Colorado, and the smoky underworld of Montana, determined to salvage her brokenfamily.