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Sometimes it takes losing everything to truly find yourself... Since Sandy Shortt's childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding what is lost becomes her single-minded goal--from the lone sock that vanishes in the washing machine to... read more

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Summary

The book is about Sandy Shortt who has an obsession with finding things. She spends her life looking for lost people. She used to work for the garda but now, runs her own private company. Her obsession started when her neighbour, Jenny May Butler, went missing when she was ten. Then Jack... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Memorable Quotes

  • “"'I can't think of a better way to say goodbye to this place than to walk out being dressed as someone else.' 'What are you dressing up as?' 'A sock.' He laughed so hard. 'Andy isn't going with you?' 'Do my socks ever come as a pair?'"”
    Mr. Burton asking Sandy if she was going to the dance with Andy

First Sentence

Jenny-May Butler, the little girl who lived across the road from me, went missing when I was a child.

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  1. Cecelia Ahern (Author)
 

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