After her life is turned upside down, Natalie goes back home and runs her mother's bookstore where priceless family heirlooms of others are discovered and returned. Trying to keep the store open, Natalie struggles with caring for ailing grandfather and a budding romance or two.

Touching on a variety on topics including divorce, parental loss, and inter-racial marriage, The Lost and Found bookshop is a heart warming book. The antiques make for an added layer of intrigue. It is definitely a feel good story but seems to lack depth at times.

It will not come as a surprise that as a librarian who also loves shopping at local indie bookstores, I was drawn to reading this novel. This is a fun, fast read with lots of great twists and turns. Famous authors, a handsome workman who isn't what he appears to be and a grieving daughter are all thrown together in this wonderful little bookstore. Perfect pandemic reading because the story took me away from the world situation and thrust me into the life of Natalie, her family and friends.

Using San Francisco as another character, Susan Wiggs offers a neat novel filled with history and family secrets. There is death and dying but offered in a way that will inspire readers to live their lives more fully and listen to their instincts.

Can't wait to share this title with library patrons this summer although this author's reputation precedes her and I won't need to do much to entice readers to pick it up (if it's on the shelf at all!)

What a beautiful story!!! I couldn't put this book down. The characters are ones that you fall in love with throughout the whole book.
Everyone who loves reading should read this one!

Susan Wiggs writing is like a breath of fresh air. Her characters are human, real, flawed, and so relatable. I think with every next book I read written by the author, I fall more in love with her writing and words, and I really love the area she writes about - northern California in this particular book.

The Lost and Found Bookshop is no exception. From the beginning I felt a connection with the main character, Natalie. She is nothing like me, but she is everything I admire in a person - kind, conscientious, caring, hard working. Natalie's world comes crashing in when a small plane crashes at the same time she is receiving accolades at her job in Sonoma, California. What unravels is incredible sadness and double loss, and Natalie walks out of her own life into the world her mother created in the Lost and Found Bookshop in San Francisco. Always about love, the story winds around Natalie, her grandfather (Grandy) and other lost souls who enter the book shop. Natalie's life was never easy - there was never enough money and her life as a child was chaotic. As an adult she never quite felt as if she belonged, but there was always love; Natalie just needs a reminder it had been there all along.

Enter not one, but two dashing men, an adorable, precocious child, a faltering aging grandfather, two dedicated bookstore clerks, and a crumbling, debt ridden albatross of a house and bookshop. Natalie's grit and determination help her get through her altered world and find her way to her own heart. I love this book on every level. Reading it was comfort food for my own soul. Thank you, Susan Wiggs, for another story I could immerse myself in and get lost in reading.

Having lost her her mother and boyfriend, MC Natalie re-evaluates her current life situation. She decides to renovate her mother’s bookshop instead of selling it. This ends up being a blessing in disguise! Peach is a delight, she brings her youthfulness and opens Natalie’s eyes and heart. This was a joy to read! Thanks to William Morrow, Harper Collins, Book Club Girl, and NetGalley for an ebook ARC. This is my honest review.

Wiggs has written of loss - both sudden and prolonged - and of love - for family, friends, lovers and books. This story will resonate with anyone who grew up with the solace of books as companions. Natalie’s grandfather and the bookshop’s building seem to be in a slow race for which will fall apart faster. Inherited bills and declining sales make the bookshop all too relatable. Books and authors mentioned in the story will have you making a list and nodding your head. I recommend this tribute to families born and chosen, to books, and to those who love them.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Book Club Girls for the advance copy! In this book we meet Natalie, a single woman struggling to bounce back from career, romantic and familial disappointments. After reeling from loss, she is determined to help her family's San Francisco book store succeed, take care of her ailing grandfather and maybe find Prince Charming.

Stars:
I love Susan Wiggs' prose. Her language is beautiful and evocative. I was glad to read about diverse characters as well, even though they were supporting players. And what avid reader doesn't love a book about books?

Wishes:
I wish the book wasn't so sad for so long. I would have liked for the story to get going in a more positive direction sooner. I also think there were a lot of threads to follow and keep track of. I wish the narrator didn't begin alternating part way through the book. And I wish the last chapter wasn't so crass and hurried.

All in all, this was an easy read. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for escape but beware it is bittersweet especially in the beginning.

When Natalie's mother and boyfriend die in a plane crash she is forced to reevaluate her life choices. She leaves she high paying, unsatisfying job to take over the Lost and Found Bookshop that her mother left in debt. She also takes over the care of her dear grandfather who is suffering from dementia. She never takes the time to look for love for herself, but it shows up anyway, she just has to open her hear to it.

A story of love of family, sense of responsibility, and soul searching. There are many historical references and surprises, all which kept my attention late into the night.
I loved this book. Great beach read.
Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy.

The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs. William Morrow. Advance Reader’s E-Proof courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers. First Edition. ISBN 978-0-06-291409-5. General Fiction (Adult). Women’s Fiction. Publication date: 07 Jul 2020. 5 Stars.

If you get the warm fuzzies when reading about old bookstores in historical buildings, you will enjoy this story of loss, love and second chances.

Though all the characters were well developed, I had an especial fondness for Grandy: impeccable, a pure-hearted elderly gentleman with a kindly voice whose story is actually clarified by the onset of dementia, a place where time begins to collapse into the memories of his (few) unresolved questions and where he occasionally still basks in the presence of his most profound (but deceased) loves. You may find yourself nodding along with understanding and compassion when he shares his heartfelt wisdom.

It’s this thread of love and devotion that sustains the novel and keeps it from becoming an unending tale of hardship amidst the rich local color of San Francisco.

Behind the easy-going tone of this polished story, you'll find the riches of a seasoned observer in a book that shows the possibility of navigating through a challenging time with consciousness, understanding and an open-heart.

Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers for providing a digital copy of this book for review.

This book was fantastic! I stayed up way too late to finish it. The story was engaging and had some unexpected plot points.

This was a great read. I loved the relationships and understanding of families dealing with dementia.

A lovely story of both the joy and the heartbreak of love and family. Natalie begins her day with a promotion and ends it with a tradegy. She assumes responsibility for her grandfather and his family home and bookshop. As she begins to repair the bookshop she also starts to heal and repair her heartache with new friends. Along the way she makes several historical discoveries that tell her the family story she never knew.

San Francisco - Present Day

Natalie Harper works for a fine wines company in California wine country. She's great at her job, and takes it very seriously, so much so, that she's a bit of a micro-manager. Yet she hates what she does, isn't fond of those in her department who work for her as she is constantly fixing their mistakes and covering for them. Today she is being promoted for a million dollar deal that she accomplished, no thanks to her bumbling employees. But it's all unimportant because obviously her mother isn't going to make the ceremony. And her boyfriend is off on a test flight for his company. Natalie is used to her mother being a no-show. There is always the excuse that her bookstore, The Lost and Found Bookshop in San Francisco, is making demands that she can't ignore.

The promotion ceremony is a short-lived, and not comfortable event after one of Natalie's employees spills wine on her before her acceptance speech. It all seems surreal, especially because of her true feelings about the job. But the day comes to a tragic ending when Natalie is informed that her mother and boyfriend have died in a plane crash. They were going to surprise her by arriving at the ceremony together.

An only child, raised by her single mother, and living over the bookshop with her mother, grandfather, and his companion, Natalie has always felt as if she was invisible. She didn't feel as if she fit in at her private school, or that the bookshop didn't always come first in her mom's life. Now, she is the sole proprietor of The Lost and Found Bookshop. With Grandy, her grandfather, living in a small apartment attached to the back of the store, and his mind going, the responsibility of caring for him as well as keeping the store functioning is mind boggling for Natalie. She discovers her mother's disastrous bookkeeping, bills overdue, and a building that is falling apart. Natalie's affection for Grandy, and her growing love for being a book store owner are helping with the grief, the confusion, and the future.

I enjoyed THE LOST AND FOUND BOOKSHOP and readers will feel the pain and confusion that Natalie must go through after her mother's death. Natalie's struggles can be frustrating at times as is her lack of confidence, and an inability to understand how her feelings affect everything in her life. She discovers something about her boyfriend that she didn't expect, and learns an awful lot about her mother from those who loved and respected her. Grandy, the store's employees, and others who come into Natalie's life make this story realistic and down-to-earth. Can Natalie let people into her life and come to grips with her new future? Will discovering her family's past explain everything to her? Don't miss this heartwarming tale.

I loved this book until the very last chapter when an unnecessary sex scene just ruined the whole thing for me; we didn't need intimate details to know these two got together. Yes, the plot was a bit optimistic but definitely possible. We all cheer for the long odds couple to get together, for happy endings, for dreams to come true. If you need a happy book set in a beautiful city, peopled with characters you'd want as friends, read this newest Wiggs novel. The last chapter dropped my rating one star.

When it's a book about books, hidden treasure, secrets and romance, what's not to love. I read this in a day and would highly recommend it. The characters, descriptions, the plot and dialogue were all well done.

Admans artfully crafted the very best elements of story telling into this book. The characters are engaging and believable. The setting, who doesn’t want to have a bookstore in San Francisco? The . So many challenges; love over loss, triumph over tragedy. You can’t read this book without falling in love with the real life characters facing everyday challenges and surviving. This is a book about love, life , loss, and literacy. It doesn’t get better.

When Natalie's life is turned upside down with the death of her boyfriend, she returns home for a number of reasons to the bookshop that belongs to her mother. She finds her grandfather in failing health and the store in debt. What is the best thing to do for everyone? A book to keep you reading and wanting to be a part of it.

The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs is a fun little read with a full shelf of likable characters, a historical mystery and a nice romance - basically it's the perfect book to help you forget we're living in a pandemic.

The story revolves around Natalie Harper, her mother, Blythe and her grandfather, Grandy who live in a historic building in San Francisco where the family runs a bookstore. The building has been in the family for generations, and, of course, contains more than a few mysteries and family stories. It's also in a sad state of disrepair, which brings Peach, a charming handyman, into the picture.

The author's storytelling skills are front and center in this book, as she introduces the reader to each character, sharing just enough of their backstory to make sense of their actions. The writing is descriptive without being boring, the characters are people I'd like to meet, and the dialog is conversational and believable.

I've been reading a lot of pretty intense books these last few weeks, so Lost and Found Bookshop was exactly what I needed - a wonderful bit of escapism with enough depth to keep me interested and writing that didn't make my head hurt. I finished The Lost and Found Bookshop with a smile on my face - and I'm guessing most readers will, as well.

This review is based on an advance copy read.

Thank you Harper Collins and Netgalley for an e-copy of this book to read. Always like reading authors local to me.

In one day Natalie loses her mother and her boyfriend in a plane crash. But she gains her mother’s bookstore and living with her grandfather whom she tenderly refers ti as “Grandy.”

Set in San Francisco, this is a fun read if you’re into history, antiquities, and romance. Natalie finds out the book store is deep into debt and does what she can to breathe life back into it including author book signings, increased food offerings, book clubs on site and a larger social media presence.
She also hires a repairman, Peach, to take care of those must-do-right-away tasks.

I found the story predictable to a fault – no surprises. The setting was soothing, being amidst shelves of books with the morning smell of coffee.

I highly recommend this title to all romance readers, and to all Susan Wigg’s readers. In the acknowledgements she said the idea for this plot came from John Saul and another guy. To my knowledge he writes horror so it’s hard to connect the two.

Many of you will love this book.

This was my first Susan Wiggs book and I will seek out more! I love books about bookstores and strong senses of place. The timeline spanned different generations, ethnic backgrounds, and historic events. The main characters were engaging and had depth. Thanks to #netgalley and #harpercollins for the advanced copy!