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Lost: A Memoir

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Lost:
A Memoir
First edition cover of Canadian release
AuthorCathy Ostlere
Genrenon-fiction, memoir[1]
PublisherKey Porter Books
Publication date
May 30, 2008
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages240 pp.
ISBN9781554700431

Lost: A Memoir is a non-fiction memoir, written by Canadian writer Cathy Ostlere, first published in May 2008 by Key Porter Books. In the book, the author chronicles her feelings of guilt associated with her brother and his fiancée being declared "lost at sea". Ostlere had promised her brother not to divulge his plans for a sea voyage, and when his birthday in 1995 passed without the family receiving a call, she felt it was not particularly unusual of his character, and choose not to mention their secret. After weeks of no word, Ostlere admitted to her parents that she had knowledge of the seafaring plans. Soon after admitting this, it was determined that the couple were officially "lost at sea".[2]

Awards and honours

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Lost received shortlist recognition for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for creative non-fiction.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goodreads, Lost, Book review, Retrieved November 23, 2012
  2. ^ Wiersema, Robert J., Lost (book review), Quill & Quire, Retrieved November 23, 2012
  3. ^ Faculty of Arts, October 30, 2009, Shortlist announced for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award Archived January 1, 2013, at archive.today, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines (News Releases), Retrieved November 23, 2012
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