… as she got older, she would come to think that the ability to cry was the third thing she’d lost in a single day.Īntsy, at age six, a year after a terrible loss, gains a stepfather whom she never wanted, but she hopes her mother’s happiness will allow her to feel happy too. When her fear and sense of isolation and lack of support gets to the point that she can no longer stand it, she finds a way out and escapes. And as the author promises, the main character, Antsy, does in fact run. While the sense of dread builds in the early part of the book, at least I could proceed without fearing the absolute worst. I have to say, I very much appreciated the warning. Before anything can actually happen, Antsy runs. I just want to offer you this reassurance: Antsy runs. As a survivor of something very similar, I would not want to be surprised by these elements where I didn’t expect them.
Themes of grooming and adult gaslighting are present in the early text. While all the Wayward Children books have dealt with heavy themes and childhood traumas, this one addresses an all-too-familiar monster: the one that lives in your own home.
While all the Wayward Children books feature children who’ve had lousy childhoods in one way or another, the circumstances here are particularly awful - enough so that the author includes a note prior to the opening of the story:
If the author is Seanan McGuire, then the answer is - not a chance! In Lost in the Moment and Found, she puts a fresh spin on the ongoing Wayward Children series, once again moving the focus to a completely new character in a completely new circumstance. You might wonder whether, by the 8th book in a series, an author might run out of fresh stories to tell. Lost in the Moment and Found tells us that childhood and innocence, once lost, can never be found. But when Antsy finds herself lost (literally, this time), she finds that however many doors open for her, leaving the Shop for good might not be as simple as it sounds.Īnd stepping through those doors exacts a price. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again. If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood… it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.Īnd the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….Īntoinette has lost her father. If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here. Welcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go. A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found.
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