{"product_id":"all-the-lost-places-paperback","title":"All the Lost Places - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Dykes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the canals of 1807 Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son, skilled in each of their trades. Although the boy, Sebastien Trovato, has wrestled with questions of his origins, it isn't until a woman washes ashore his lagoon island that answers begin to emerge. In hunting down his story, Sebastien must make choices that could alter not just his own future, but that of the beloved floating city. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDecades later, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eDaniel Goodman is given a fresh start in life as the century turns. Hoping to redeem a past laden in regrets, he is sent on an assignment from California to Venice to procure and translate a rare book. There, he discovers a mystery wrapped in the pages of that filigree-covered volume. With the help of Vittoria, a bookshop keeper, Daniel finds himself in a web of shadows, secrets, and discoveries carefully kept within the stones and canals of the ancient city . . . and the mystery of the man whose story the book does not finish: Sebastien Trovato.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen all of Venice is unmasked, one man's identity remains a mystery . . . \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1807\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhen a baby is discovered floating in a basket along the quiet canals of Venice, a guild of artisans takes him in and raises him as a son, skilled in each of their trades. Although the boy, Sebastien Trovato, has wrestled with questions of his origins, it isn't until a woman washes ashore on his lagoon island that answers begin to emerge. In hunting down his story, Sebastien must make a choice that could alter not just his own future, but also that of the beloved floating city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1904\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDaniel Goodman is given a fresh start in life as the century turns. Hoping to redeem a past laden with regrets, he is sent on an assignment from California to Venice to procure and translate a rare book. There, he discovers a city of colliding hope and decay, much like his own life, and a mystery wrapped in the pages of that filigree-covered volume. With the help of Vittoria, a bookshop keeper, Daniel finds himself in a web of shadows, secrets, and discoveries carefully kept within the stones and canals of the ancient city . . . and in the mystery of the man whose story the book does not finish: Sebastien Trovato.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eIntrospective, surprising, and achingly beautiful.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dykes's pen is fused with magic and poetry. Every word's a gentle wave building into the splendor that is All the Lost Places, where struggles for identity and a place to belong find hope between the pages of a timeless story.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--J'NELL CIESIELSKI, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Socialite\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Luscious writing, authentic characters, and an ending that satisfies to the core of the spirit, this novel is another winner from Amanda Dykes.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--HEIDI CHIAVAROLI, Carol Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Ring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHope Beyond the Waves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Dykes\u003c\/b\u003e's\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003edebut novel, \u003ci\u003eWhose Waves These Are\u003c\/i\u003e, is the winner of the prestigious 2020 Christy Award Book of the Year, a \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 2019 Top Ten Romance debut, and the winner of an INSPY Award. She's also the author of \u003ci\u003eYours Is the Night \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSet the Stars Alight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea 2021 Christy Award finalist. 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