Search - Lost and Found

I loved this book and its characters. Funny at times and painfully sad at others. Revealing emotions we often fight hard not to bring to the surface. All uncovered during a reality show competition that seems so realistic, you truly believe it could actually have happened.

Written by the author of "The Dogs of Babel", this book follows teams that have been chosen to compete on a new reality show, "Lost and Found". Being a fan of "The Amazing Race" and "Survivor", I found this book enjoyable.

Interesting premise yields several great characters. Loved this book!

The book is well written, and well drawn, but I would have liked more balance. The Christian characters were all hypocrits. Two of the characters were ex-gays. They were portrayed as untrue to themselves. Evidently, Ms. Parkhurst never stopped to consider there may be a reason if people decided to leave a lifestyle, and it may involve not being as happy in that lifestyle as out.
To me this was just gay propaganda with no thought to the deeper issues behind that type of lifestyle.

If you are a fan of tv reality shows (Especially The Great Race), you will enjoy this book! Eight 'couples' which includes a mother and daughter, two brothers, a husband and wife and a brother and sister who were once Hollywood child stars, all compete in a tv reality show titled "Lost and Found." The show takes them around the world in search of clues that will ultimately award the winners 1 million dollars. Each team brings with them some issues from their real lives, which makes this trek even more interesting. Picked this book up at a garage sale and was pleasantly surprised to find that I really enjoyed it!

i HATED this book