The Summer of Lost and Found

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For a woman at a turning point, a small Kentucky town offers a summer of healing, unexpected romance, and rediscovery in a bittersweet novel by USA Today bestselling author Toni Blake. Recovering from cancer, Cincinnati news anchor Jessica Fox has no choice but to take a summer leave. Her boss's proposal: for Jessica to take it easy and recharge at his late grandmother Mabel's cottage in the Kentucky mountains. The town of Lost and Found lives up to its name. Resistant at first, Jessica grows to appreciate the slower pace, the spectacular sunsets, the affable locals, and even Matt Cordray, the laid-back, too-friendly police chief next door. Most engaging of all is Mabel, who left behind a treasure map that leads Jessica to a collection of lost items--mementos and love letters--people have mailed to the town over the years. Jessica needs something to help pass the time, and she finds it in reuniting these precious things with the distant strangers who lost them. Lost and in flux herself, Jessica has no idea just how connected to life this town will make her feel again or, by summer's end, how transformative a season it will be.

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Is The Summer of Lost and Found appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

A gentle contemporary romance about a cancer survivor finding healing in a small town. Features mild romantic content (likely kissing only), themes of illness recovery, and emotional elements around grief and rediscovery.