{"product_id":"9780764239502-all-the-lost-places","title":"All the Lost Places","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscovered floating in a basket along the canals of Venice, Sebastien Trovato wrestles with questions of his origins. Decades later, on an assignment to translate a rare book, Daniel Goodman finds himself embroiled in a web of secrets carefully kept within the ancient city and in the mystery of the man whose story the book does not finish: Sebastien.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen all of Venice is unmasked, one man's identity remains a mystery . . . \u003c\/b\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1807\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhen a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son, skilled in each of their trades. Although the boy, Sebastien Trovato, has wrestled with questions of his origins, it isn't until a woman washes ashore on his lagoon island that answers begin to emerge. In hunting down his story, Sebastien must make a choice that could alter not just his own future, but also that of the beloved floating city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1904\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDaniel Goodman is given a fresh start in life as the century turns. Hoping to redeem a past laden with regrets, he is sent on an assignment from California to Venice to procure and translate a rare book. There, he discovers a city of colliding hope and decay, much like his own life, and a mystery wrapped in the pages of that filigree-covered volume. With the help of Vittoria, a bookshop keeper, Daniel finds himself in a web of shadows, secrets, and discoveries carefully kept within the stones and canals of the ancient city . . . and in the mystery of the man whose story the book does not finish: Sebastien Trovato.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eIntrospective, surprising, and achingly beautiful.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dykes's pen is fused with magic and poetry. Every word's a gentle wave building into the splendor that is All the Lost Places, where struggles for identity and a place to belong find hope between the pages of a timeless story.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--J'NELL CIESIELSKI, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Socialite\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Luscious writing, authentic characters, and an ending that satisfies to the core of the spirit, this novel is another winner from Amanda Dykes.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--HEIDI CHIAVAROLI, Carol Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Ring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHope Beyond the Waves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40715650531425,"sku":"9780764239502","price":11.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28292653.jpg?v=1722498839","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780764239502-all-the-lost-places","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}