A review by monalyisha
Lost & Found by Kathryn Schulz
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.75
Wow! This is a memoir, and a reflection on the meaning of three words (or two words and one letter, if you travel back in time to before the late 1800’s): “lost”, “found”, and “&”. It’s written by a writer who is a lover of poetry; a lover of life; a lover. She muses, at length (and depth) about losing her father, finding the love of her life, and connection.
I now want to read other pieces by her…as well as pieces by her wife, Casey Cep. At one point, Schulz mentions that she’s a secular (atheist) Jew, while “C” (as she calls her) is a devout Lutheran and ordained minister, as well as a writer. With my interest in religion and spirituality, this made me sit up and take note! I’m happy for the literary journey that listening to this lovely audiobook has inspired.
You can feel Mary Oliver’s influence here, and her insistence that “attention is the beginning of devotion” (though I don’t *think* Schulz ever mentions her explicitly, as she does Walt Whitman & Elizabeth Bishop ). If you know me, you know that I love nothing more than a piece of writing that seems to come from an Oliver acolyte! 🍃
I now want to read other pieces by her…as well as pieces by her wife, Casey Cep. At one point, Schulz mentions that she’s a secular (atheist) Jew, while “C” (as she calls her) is a devout Lutheran and ordained minister, as well as a writer. With my interest in religion and spirituality, this made me sit up and take note! I’m happy for the literary journey that listening to this lovely audiobook has inspired.
You can feel Mary Oliver’s influence here, and her insistence that “attention is the beginning of devotion” (though I don’t *think* Schulz ever mentions her explicitly, as she does Walt Whitman & Elizabeth Bishop ). If you know me, you know that I love nothing more than a piece of writing that seems to come from an Oliver acolyte! 🍃
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent