“The Keeper of Lost Things” by Ruth Hogan

He will always know that she loves him as long as Anthony has the medallion that Therese gave him. Then on the day that she unexpectedly dies the unthinkable happens and he loses it. For the next forty years, Anthony becomes the keeper of lost things, collecting whatever he finds and labeling it meticulously with the intentions of somehow reuniting the item with its person to make amends for the one item he so wishes he could find again.. Now as the end of his life draws near Anthony must pass on his mission to someone in the hopes that all can be restored and made right again. Bequeathing his home and all of his possessions in it to his assistant, Laura has now been handed the impossible task of returning the random items to their owners to fulfill Anthony’s last wish. She is joined on her mission by Anthony’s gardener and a young neighbor who will do whatever they can to give their beloved Anthony his peace. Though “The Keeper of Lost Things” was slow to get moving I found this book so endearing. The characters, the stories each object has to tell and even the ghost are each a perfect charm on this little bracelet of a book. No, it’s not a page-turner. Nor is it a book that will draw you in from the start but if you endure through to its end “The Keeper of Lost Things” will find its way into your heart.

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