How to Be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward

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How to Be Lost

(2004)
A novel by

Amanda Eyre Ward

"Ward shines here with the same humor and brilliance she showed her first novel, Sleep Toward Heaven, setting vivid descriptions of women's interior lives within a haunting mystery, all told in the clear, no-nonsense prose that has won her such acclaim."
Andrew Sean Greer

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Amanda Eyre Ward

Amazon.comSometimes an off-key phrase in a soulful song can wrench at the heart, nay, the soul and send one off into that same far-away place that a great book can take you to. Amanda Eyre Ward's second novel, How to Be Lost, provides for the reader with a finely-tuned ear, a nicely wrought, syncopated, octave-changing story. Featuring a hard-living, almost down-on-her-luck narrator, How to Be Lost isn't lost at all when it comes to telling a literary mystery wrapped in the arms of a strong woman's tale. Ward's story bounces between New Orleans and New York, taking her protagonist, Caroline, into steely encounters with her somewhat-estranged family, especially her older sister and mother, as they continue, many years after the fact, to deal with the wrenching effects of the unresolved disappearance of Ellie, the youngest of the Winters family. Readers may find uncanny similarities between the eerie tone and dark nature of Deborah Schupack's The Boy on the Bus but won't be disappointed at all with the story that unfolds and the clever, darkly humorous nature of Ward's pitch-perfect voice. --E. Brooke Gilbert

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Hardback Editions

July 2005 : Hardback

Title: How to Be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
ISBN: 1-84395-851-1 / 9781843958512 (UK edition)
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
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October 2004 : Hardback

Title: How to Be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
ISBN: 1-931561-72-9 / 9781931561723 (USA edition)
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage
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January 2004 : Hardback

Title: How to Be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
ISBN: 1-4193-1849-7 / 978-1-4193-1849-8 (USA edition)
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1980 : Hardback

Title: How To Be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
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Paperback Editions

February 2006 : Paperback

Title: How to be Lost: A Novel
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
ISBN: 0-09-947127-2 / 978-0-09-947127-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
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August 2005 : Paperback

Title: How to Be Lost: A Novel
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
ISBN: 0-345-48317-0 / 978-0-345-48317-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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February 2005 : Paperback

Title: How to be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
ISBN: 0-09-179979-1 / 978-0-09-179979-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hutchinson
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January 2004 : Paperback

Title: How to Be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
Publisher: Ballantine Publishing Group
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Audio Editions

December 2005 : Audio Cassette

Title: How to Be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
ISBN: 1-4193-3017-9 / 978-1-4193-3017-9 (USA edition)
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March 2009 : Kindle edition

Title: How To Be Lost
Author(s): Amanda Eyre Ward
Publisher: M P Publishing
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