Secret of Lost Things Book

Eighteen years old and completely alone, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little other than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city. Taking a job at a vast, chaotic emporium of used and rare books called the Arcade, she knows she has found a home. But when Rosemary reads a letter from someone seeking to “place” a lost manuscript by Herman Melville, the bookstore erupts with simmering ambitions and rivalries. Including actual correspondence by Melville, The Secret of Lost Things is at once a literary adventure and evocative portrait of a young woman making a life for herself in the city.

The New York Times - Meg Wolitzer

The discovery of a lost manuscript by a famous writer is a familiar yet still attractive conceit. Who doesn t want to learn that there s more to the story? But while the very idea of the existence of undiscovered manuscripts ( On Second Thought, Lower That Roof Beam, Carpenters ?) may quicken the pulse of book-besotted readers, the best way for a novelist to celebrate books is to write a good one. And The Secret of Lost Things is just that.