The Keeper of Lost Things

 Shirley J.          Adult Fiction                    Love and loss, ghosts and the wish to fix what is broken

The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan   288 pages

Recapturing the past is illusive.    It seems like if we try really hard, if we over extend ourselves to try to make up for past wrongs, but, no, the past evaporates like smoke hanging in the air one moment then wafting away the next.  Seems like we could grasp it but it is a dream, a wish, a desire, a promise, but finally only the best we can do with what we have to work with.    Great book, many lives and stories tied together across time and miles.  Sometimes a nudge from a spectral presence points us in the correct direction if not the desired one.   Funny enough, it works out.    A neighbor girl who reminds me a lot of the little girl in the American Horror Story television series who "knows" things.    Never underestimate anyone,  you never know what their abilities are.   Excellent story.   I am a fan of Ruth Hogan's writing.   I recommend this one to adults who I feel can appreciate so many things that speak to people who have been around long enough to experience a lot of living to appreciate the art of dying.