num_pages: 246
description: Eva, a divorced and happily remarried mother of three, runs a small bookstore in a town north of San Francisco. When her second husband, John, is killed in a car accident, her family's fragile peace is once again overtaken by loss. Emily, the eldest, must grapple with newfound independence and responsibility. Theo, the youngest, can only begin to fathom his father's death. But for Daisy, the middle child, John's absence opens up a world of bewilderment, exposing her at the onset of adolescence to the chaos and instability that hover just beyond the safety of parental love. In her sorrow, Daisy embarks on a harrowing sexual odyssey, a journey that will cast her even farther out onto the harsh promontory of adulthood and lost hope.
language: English
title: Lost in the Forest
titlecomplete: Lost in the Forest
genres: Audiobook, Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Drama, Womens Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Family
ratings_count: 3565
places: California, Napa Valley, California
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist
publisher: Knopf