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Libby Lost and Found

A Novel

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Libby Lost and Found is a book for people who don't know who they are without the books they love. It's about the stories we tell ourselves and the chapters of our lives we regret. Most importantly, it's about the endings we write for ourselves.

Meet Libby Weeks, author of the mega-best-selling fantasy series, The Falling Children—written as "F.T. Goldhero" to maintain her privacy. When the last manuscript is already months overdue to her publisher and rabid fans around the world are growing impatient, Libby is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. Already suffering from crippling anxiety, Libby's symptoms quickly accelerate. After she forgets her dog at the park one day—then almost discloses her identity to the journalist who finds him—Libby has to admit it: she needs help finishing the last book.

Desperately, she turns to eleven-year-old superfan Peanut Bixton, who knows the books even better than she does but harbors her own dark secrets. Tensions mount as Libby's dementia deepens—until both Peanut and Libby swirl into an inevitable but bone-shocking conclusion.

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    • Booklist

      September 1, 2024
      More than a feel-good, hopeful tribute to the power of imagination, Libby Lost and Found also explores what happens when creative strings fall apart, shattering the fictional worlds that keep us comfortable. Booth's debut novel follows its titular character, the anonymous author of a well-known fictional series, on a journey following her dementia diagnosis to elicit the help of a young fan, Peanut Bixton, in finishing her story. Libby's and Peanut's shared experiences of loneliness, anxiety, parental loss, and escapism through fiction evokes a touching portrayal of the expansive ways through which adults can connect to children, their own childhoods, and even the childlike aspects of their grown-up worldviews. Narratively upbeat, with excerpts from Libby's fictional series, media cut-outs reporting on her work, and other innovative forms, Booth also creates a compelling archive of celebrity authorship and its significance in modern society. Even in dark, solemn parts where familial secrets result in serious consequences, this quirky novel illuminates the worthwhile leaps of faith taken to imagine how to better care for one another.

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    • Library Journal

      October 18, 2024

      In Booth's debut, Libby Weeks is the bestselling author of a fantasy series, but her latest manuscript is overdue, with fans clamoring for it. She is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's and finds unlikely help from 11-year-old superfan Peanut, who has her own secrets. Prepub Alert.

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 12, 2024
      In Booth’s whimsical if half-baked debut, a beloved children’s author enlists a fan to help her finish a book. Libby Weeks, 40, is writing the highly anticipated conclusion to her popular fantasy series, published under the pseudonym F.T. Goldhero, when she’s diagnosed with early dementia. Flailing, Libby turns to Peanut Bixton, a devoted and prolific fan she meets on the internet, who turns out to be an 11-year-old girl. Like the protagonist of Libby’s series, Peanut is adopted and searching for her real parents. Peanut points out that there are plenty of other eerie similarities between her town in Colorado and the world in Libby’s books, such as a mysterious stranger who gives her a ride home one day, and who resembles Libby’s villain. As Libby’s dementia worsens and she misses deadlines, her publisher turns up the pressure, while Peanut learns about her origins. Booth leaves a few plot threads unresolved, such as a campaign to uncover Goldhero’s identity, and hints of fantastical ties between Peanut’s life and Libby’s work fail to bear fruit. Still, Booth ably evokes the logic of a child’s imagination in her portrayal of Peanut. Here’s hoping the author’s next effort will realize her potential. Agent: Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management.

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