description: Fifteen years ago, on the day the three Winters sisters packed their most precious belongings in their mother's Oldsmobile and planned to run away from home just as soon as school was out, 5-year-old Ellie disappeared. The family never recovered: their abusive father drank himself to death; their unstable mother retreated deeper into her depression; and once-close sisters Caroline and Madeline grew far apart. Now, armed with a grainy People magazine photo of a young woman who might be a 20-year-old version of her beloved youngest sister, Caroline heads out for Montana on a quest to bring her back home. What Caroline, burdened by years of guilt, doubt, and regret, discovers along the way has as much to do with finding herself as it does with tracking down Ellie. Amanda Eyre Ward's smart, sharp second novel is a read-in-one-sitting treat, a delightfully satisfying blend of hip humor and poignant longing, and an unsentimental yet inspiring testimony to the power of hope over reason and love over loss. 
language: English
title: How to Be Lost
titlecomplete: How to Be Lost
characters: Caroline Winters
genres: Literary Fiction, Novels, Drama, Book Club, Chick Lit, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery, Family
ratings_count: 7141
places: Missoula, Montana, New York (State), The United States of America, Holt, New York
publisher: RB Large Print