Lost and Found by Brooke Davis

This untraditional look at grief peeked my curiosity. There are three main characters in the story; Millie Bird, age 7, Agatha Pantha, 82, and Karl the touch typist, 87. Each character has lost someone very close to them. They all react in their own individual ways. I think most people would easily accept Millie's way of grieving, after all she is only a child. But Agatha, still shouting at passersby after seven years, and Karl typing into the air with his fingers would find less social acceptance these days, I fear. They really do seem rather crazy. In the end the characters in the story do find a sort of peace, that only comes from their experience of being together. The book does lead one to think about grief. Is there a right way to grieve? Is there a right amount of time to do it? Are the stages of denial, isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance what all people experience? The article at the end by the author is very enlightening. After all, everyone dies. This book was definitely not a fun read, but very thought provoking it was.