The Lost

The Lost by Durst, Sarah Beth. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780778317111.

Brilliantly riveting. * Thought-provoking and stirring. ** Award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst has been praised for her captivating novels that merge the darkly imagined with very real themes of self-discovery and destiny. In The Lost, well discover just what it means to lose ones way…. It was only meant to be a brief detour. But then Lauren finds herself trapped in a town called Lost on the edge of a desert, filled with things abandoned, broken and thrown away. And when she tries to escape, impassible dust storms and something unexplainable lead her back to Lost again and again. The residents she meets there tell her shes going to have to figure out just what shes missing—and what shes running from—before she can leave. So now Laurens on a new search for a purpose and a destiny. And maybe, just maybe, shell be found…. Against the backdrop of this desolate and mystical town, Sarah Beth Durst writes an arresting, fantastical novel of one womans impossible journey…and her quest to find her fate. *Booklist, starred review, for Vessel **Kirkus Reviews, starred review, for Vessel