Lost Property - Helen Paris- General fiction
Dot works at TFL lost property office and has done so for more years than she
can care to remember. They keep things for 3 months and get more than
most would imagine through their doors. Who loses an artificial leg, a
grandfather clock and various bits of ephemera? The other part of her life was
caring for her mother who is now in a home and Dot lives in her apartment
having moved in when her mother needed help. Mr Appleby has been to the
lost property office a few times looking for his wifes bag which has not yet
appeared. Dot feels for him and tells him that it's still early days and could
still be handed in, when in reality she knows that there is little hope of it
arriving after all this time. When the bag arrives, Dot makes it her mission
to return it and meanwhile her own life changes.
I loved reading this- it came with a smile and a little side of poignant at
times. Dot is although quiet, in her own way a larger than life character
but hasn’t quite found her way of showing it- perhaps there’s that
something in all of us? One to reflect on one's own childhood and
parentage. Of hope and loss, of joy and tears. A different read in a
very good way. One life- live it.
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