Lost & Found in Lunenburg by Jane Doucet

Lost & Found in Lunenburg by Jane Doucet

A quirky, tender work of contemporary fiction about grief, love, and starting again at middle-age set in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, from the author of The Pregnant Pause and Fishnets & Fantasies.

"That's the problem with loving someone, isn't it?" said Margot with a ghost of a smile. "If you have a heartbeat, you're bound to get your heart broken. Not just once, but over and over again... But the joy that happens in between the meetings and the partings makes it all worthwhile."

Rose Ainsworth, the affable protagonist in Jane Doucet's debut novel, The Pregnant Pause, is back in this candid, compelling look at midlife love, loss, and new beginnings. Rose and Jim, her husband of almost twenty years, have been living happily in Halifax, Nova Scotia, since moving from Toronto more than a decade earlier. With a satisfying career, two sweet rescue mutts, and her family nearby, Rose's life is golden -- until one day, her world unexpectedly implodes.

Widowed suddenly soon after her fiftieth birthday, Rose is addled by grief. Could that be why three months later, she decides to buy her friend Wendy Hebb's sex shop in the tiny coastal community of Lunenburg? As she rushes to rent her house and store her belongings, her older sister, Daisy, worries that Rose is running away -- from the home that she and Jim lived in together, and its constant reminders of what she's lost.

When Rose lands in Lunenburg in a furnished condo with a year's lease, a colourful cast of local characters keeps her from drowning in grief: a long-lost quirky cousin with a mysterious health condition; a busybody septuagenarian widow who pushes Rose to join a bereavement group; and a handsome restaurant owner who stirs feelings in Rose she isn't ready to face.

As the condo's lease creeps closer to its expiration date, Rose must make a choice -- continue carving out her new life in Lunenburg, or move back to her Halifax home? Jane Doucet's trademark heart and humour, along with the return of beloved characters from The Pregnant Pause and Fishnets & Fantasies, make Lost & Found in Lunenburg feel like a long-overdue catch-up with old friends.

Doucet, Jane: - Jane Doucet is a journalist whose articles have appeared in myriad national Canadian magazines, including Chatelaine and Canadian Living. In 2017, she self-published her debut novel, The Pregnant Pause, which was shortlisted for a 2018 Whistler Independent Book Award. Her second novel, Fishnets & Fantasies, is being released in July of 2021 by Vagrant Press, the fiction imprint of Nimbus Publishing. Jane lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her husband. She is working on her third novel, which will combine characters and story lines from her first two books.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781774712252
ISBN 10	1774712253
Title	Lost & Found in Lunenburg
Author	Jane Doucet
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vagrant Press
Year published	2023-09-07
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.