Lost & Found

Extraordinary … A profound and beautiful book … a moving meditation on grief and loss, but also a sparky celebration of joy, wonder and the miracle of love … Witty, wise, beautifully structured and written in clear, singing prose * Sunday Times *

Luminescent … Deft, roving and elegantly written … Lost & Found is itself a marvel of a meditation. It left me moved, inspired and ultimately elated

* Financial Times *
Eloquent and tender … a breathtakingly beautiful set-piece, a celebration of the ordinariness and sublimity of our most fundamental connections: to parents, to children, to lovers. * Observer *
An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew. – Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk
A deeply moving, richly illuminating exploration of loss and bliss. Schulz is never anything but the very best company, speaking nuanced truths from and about the deepest reaches of the heart. – Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams
In Lost & Found, she moves between the philosophical and the intimate, turning a memoir of love and death into an exploration of the way chance becomes fate and grief intertwines with gratitude. – Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror
An unfolding astonishment to read – Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
In this profound mediation on loss and revelation, on how we relinquish those we love and learn to love others, Kathryn Schulz has created a masterpiece of metaphysical insight, at once richly lyrical and piercingly specific. – Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon
Lost and Found is the most daring of books: a memoir by a happy person. Deeply felt and exquisitely written, it’s an absorbing exploration of love and loss – not to mention meteorites, Dante and bears. The prodigiously talented Kathryn Schulz has written about her life in a way that will change yours. – Andy Borowitz, author of The Borowitz Report
Our lives do indeed deserve and reward the kind of honest, gentle, brilliant scrutiny [Schulz] brings to bear on her own life. The book is profound and beautiful. – Marilynne Robinson, author of Housekeeping and Gilead
Pulitzer Prize-winner Kathryn Shulz’s grief memoir offers clarity and wisdom on how loss and discovery are never far apart from one another. * Esquire *