{"product_id":"lost-lambs-february-2026-fresh-ink-edition","title":"Lost Lambs - February 2026 FRESH INK Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe funny and compassionate new literary novel that turns family dysfunction into an art form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Goes off like a firework\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e. As sincere as it is funny (and it’s very funny)’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRamona Ausubel, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Last Animal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA voice like no other…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will shift the way you see the family and community into something operatic, strange and profound.’ Lena Dunham, award-winning writer, director and creator of comedy-drama \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGirls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Flynns are not alright.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s been disastrous since Bud and Catherine opened up their marriage, and none of the Flynns can remember the last time a meal was cooked, a load of laundry done, or a social code abided by.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir daughters spiral in their own chaotic orbits: Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone – or something – is monitoring the town’s citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a nefarious local billionaire. Rumours of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with Alabaster’s machinations sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy – one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRippling with humour, warmth and style,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a stunning portrait of the perverse pleasures and perils of our most intimate reality: our family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eLost Lambs:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A great, great American novel’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamantha Hunt, Women’s Prize Shortlisted author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Seas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A dazzling and singular new voice in literary fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e… Loud, hilarious, shocking, and sensitive’ Megan Nolan, award-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOrdinary Human Failings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘With a big surge of energy, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLost Lambs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esplits the nucleus of the American family’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTony Tulathimutte, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRejection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – National Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Madeline Cash is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ea humourist in the darkly humanist tradition of George Saunders and Lorrie Moore, of Vonnegut and Twain’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Tim Kreider, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWe Learn Nothing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Immersive and propulsive and I never wanted it to end\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. I can’t remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI loved it. I devoured it’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeslie Jamison, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSplinters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56377135530357,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/202a8fdd-0b12-4f65-9da1-737f014e9165.jpg?v=1763545341","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/lost-lambs-february-2026-fresh-ink-edition","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}