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The Lost Child, by Suzanne McCourt
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"An assured and bittersweet coming-of-age tale with a vivid sense of time and place."—Books + Publishing
It's the 1950s and Sylvie lives in Burley Point, a fishing village on Australia's wild southern coast. She tries to make sense of her brooding mother and her father's violent moods. She worships her older brother Dunc, but when he goes missing, Sylvie is terrified it's her fault. The bush and the birds and the endless beach are Sylvie's only salvation, apart from her teacher, Miss Taylor.
Sylvie is a charming narrator with a big heart and a sharp eye for the comic moment. In the tradition of Anne Tyler, The Lost Child is a beautifully written story about family and identity and growing up. It's about what happens when the world can never be the same again.
In the style of Henry James's masterful What Maisie Knew, Suzanne McCourt's novel reveals the perspective of a sensitive observer of irresponsible adults.
After a career in teaching, marketing, public relations, and private employment, Suzanne McCourt is a full-time writer. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her family, and is the publisher at Posh Dog Publishing. The Lost Child is her first novel.
The Lost Child, by Suzanne McCourt- Brand: Mccourt, Suzanne
- Published on: 2015-03-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .90" h x 6.10" w x 9.10" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
About the Author After a career in teaching, marketing, public relations and private employment, Suzanne McCourt is now a full-time writer. She lives in Melbourne with her family, and she is the Publisher at Posh Dog Publishing, which publishes photo-based gift books. THE LOST CHILD is her first novel.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Bitter- Sweet Lost Child By Hazel Edwards Bitter-sweet ,sustained childhood viewpoint of Sylvie who is not the only 'lost' child in this story. Childhoods can be full of lost opportunities and casual kindnesses and cruelties. You know she will survive but the author paces the tragi-comedy in a way that reassures the reader who wants to keep reading. The writing style reminds me of the quality of Ruth Park's writing in evoking the strengths and weaknesses of a small community and the tragedies and humour amongst the everyday. Both the mother and father are credible characters whose motivations are real, but the resilience of the mother is tested.The Coorong wetlands setting is well drawn and the sense of place conveyed for the period too. Even Elvis gets a mention. And evangelist Dr Billy Graham. So does the death of JFK. A multi-layered novel with symbolism which stays with you after the last page.A significant writer with compassion. Highly recommended for adult and YA readers.Hazel EdwardsNational Reading Ambassador
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. ‘You can forget everything if you want to.’ By Jennifer Cameron-Smith The novel opens in the 1950s, when Sylvie is five, and trying to make sense of her world. Sylvie lives with her parents and older brother Dunc, in a fishing village south of Coorong on Australia’s south coast. Her mother seems preoccupied, her father is moody, and Dunc has his own world to explore and occupy. Sylvie is invisible to her father, who has eyes only for Dunc, and for the woman he has taken up with who lives across the lagoon.‘My father has gone. He has taken his brown skin and flashing eyes, his laughs and shouts and silences.’When Sylvie’s father leaves, her mother tries to cope by cleaning obsessively. But it is not enough, and she is taken away to hospital for treatment. Sylvie stays with her grannie until her mother returns home.‘Mum has come home with short hair and no words.’When Dunc goes missing, Sylvie is terrified that somehow it is all her fault. Her mother takes refuge in her house, her father is always angry. Sylvie finds some peace in the bush or on the beach, trying to understand what has happened and why. There is no escape in such a small community and while Sylvie is old enough to describe what she sees and feels, she is not able to make sense of it. Her family has collapsed, her brother is missing - it must be her fault.Ms McCourt captures Sylvie’s perspective beautifully. The ego-centred world of a five year old is replaced by the uncertainty and turmoil caused when her father leaves, her mother becomes ill and her brother disappears. If Sylvie is to be free herself, then she must also leave.Seen through Sylvie’s eyes, the world is beautiful, dangerous and inexplicable. As a reader, I’m torn between understanding what Sylvie sees and experiences, trying to make sense of it for a child, and trying to make sense of it for my adult self. I wanted Sylvie to escape - in order to find herself - but I wanted her to stay so I could make sense of her experiences. Dunc is not the only lost child in this story, and as it becomes part of a reader’s reality, it’s difficult not to relate at least on some level to Sylvie’s story.This is the kind of novel which, once read, lingers. There’s nothing simple about it.Jennifer Cameron-Smith
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Engaging coming of age journey By Dr R The Lost Child offers an insight into a time and place no doubt familiar to those Australians of a certain age. It provides a rich exploration of family, a sense of community and the importance of dreams as its glides through the life of a charming and spirited leading character, Sylvie. The secrets and lies that embellish each of these elements evoke empathy for Sylvie’s real life coming of age journey. The characters are clearly crafted and their interaction depicts incidents, conversations and causal exchanges juxtaposed with substantial challenges emerging from relationship breakdowns, to personal loss and bewildering decisions.The wit and nostalgia reveal a heartfelt appreciation of regional Australia life. The joys, the mysteries and the revelations ring true. Images of the landscape are precisely conjured and are integral to fully revealing the surprising, the remarkable and the mundane aspects of coastal life during the 1960s.The conversations release the nuances of a child’s rich internal life and the impacts of external pressures at a pace and with a voice that is convincing and engaging.This worthy debut novel certainly tempts the reader to ask ‘what happens next?’ to this cast of characters.
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