Just what I wanted, after the heavier reading provided by Grantas 87 and 85: An easy, speedy read.
As the blurbs on the front cover say, it is “charming” and “exquisite”. A tad twee in places, and some of the descriptions in the early chapters were a bit too overworked for my taste, but there’s a pair of enjoyable plot lines, with an array of short stories on the side.
Author page: The Keeper of Lost Things – Ruth Hogan