Ashley Mitchell thinks she has the perfect life: popularity, a hot boyfriend, and great fashion sense. But Ashley’s world falls apart when her mother is accused of embezzling a million dollars, and no one can find her. Before she can say Dolce & Gabbana, Ashley’s life goes from perfect to pathetic.
With questions growing about her mother and her money quickly disappearing, Ashley is forced to make some drastic changes in her life. With nowhere else to go, she moves into an old camper behind a gas station and takes a job in a quirky San Francisco coffee shop where she wouldn’t have been caught dead a month ago. But life at Mad Malcolm’s Cyber Café isn’t what she expected. At the Madhouse she finds friends, confidence, and courage to start putting her life back together. But will Ashley ever have the chance to share her new life with her mother?
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Jacket Design by John Candell
Jacket Photographs: (c)Mika/Zefa/Corbis (front)
John Sigler/iStockphoto (back)
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006
ISBN 1-58234-736-0
July 4th, 2007 at 3:39 am
This morning at 7:15 a.m. I finished reading My Lost and Found Life and I truly think it’s the best fiction book I’ve ever read. I’m a sucker for a good memoir or a fiction book that reads like a memoir. My only problem reading your wonderful book was finding time in my crazy busy life to sink into the pages and spend time with your characters. I finished reading it this morning and was only 5 minutes late for work. Oh, how bittersweet it is to finish My Lost and Found Life and know that I’m going home to bookshelves that don’t contain a new Melodie Bowsher book. Please, please write more books soon and remember that you’re not just writing for teens, but also for those of us who have discovered that the “young adult fiction genre” contains a few rare gems like yours.
Your fan,
Linda (who didn’t just borrow your book from a library, but actually bought her own copy)
Linda Goff , Youth Services Coordinator
Lake County Library System
Tavares, FL
November 4th, 2007 at 3:38 am
My Lost and Found Life” is the best book I’ve ever read. I found it at my college library, and in just 1 day, I finished it. I couldn’t put it down! It has such a great story line, and great morals and makes you realize how great of a life you have, and to not take your life for granted. I just wanted to let you know that your book stole my heart. It will be my favorite book forever! Thank you.
February 4th, 2008 at 3:39 am
I finished your book and it was so good. Definitely a page turner..I couldn’t put it down & the end was fantastic. It’s perfect the way it is. I was getting restless near the end because I so desperately wanted to know what happened but I couldn’t read fast enough. Haha. & when I got to the end, I was so disappointed that I had finished. I wanted to read more! I look forward to reading your next book and hope Tattie’s story is just as interesting. Sincerely, Andrea
May 15th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
i just now finished this book. i luved it so much. i vant explain how much it touched my heart. i recommend it to everyone