Review: Lost in The Forest

Lost in The Forest by Sue Miller

This book surprised me. It was recommended to me based on my recent selections from the library app on my phone. I was impressed. I love how simple and sweet the writing is, truly expressing the beauty of ordinary life.

This book instantly starts with a tragic twist of events, forcing a father to take charge and take in his children temporarily. We start in the fathers point of view, and I am glad we did. He was a good lens in which to introduce this family and their life together.

I was instantly sucked in to the way Miller found the beauty in the ordinary. Then, something unexpected happened.

******SPOILER   DON'T CONTINUE IF YOU DON"T WANT TO KNOW A CRITICAL PLOT POINT*****

So I try not to put in spoilers but this one I just had to include. One of the children that we see first through the lens of the parents, takes center stage part of the way through the novel in a shocking turn of events. She is sucked into a physical affair with an older man, a much, much older man. One of her mother's best friends husbands to be exact.

I read this part very intently, unsure what to think. This was so real, and so sad. I am so glad that a author told this story and did it justice. Too often these stories go untold and they are sad and I think damaging to the teenagers involved. Beautiful job, Sue Miller, tackling a tough topic and shining.

Cheers!