Lost and Found

About the Book

A Holocaust survivor chooses between life in a small Western Pennsylvania town and reparations in Israel. Gentle, funny, poignant, and magical, the book celebrates the small miracles of ordinary life. A rabbi discovers he can heal. Sterile people give birth. A mysterious bookstore burns. A cookbook divides the sisterhood. The Los Angeles Times Book Review gave it a Critics Commendation and said, “Greene is a born storyteller.”

About the Author

Sheldon Greene is a published author of the novels Lost and Found, Burnt Umber, and Prodigal Sons, an attorney specializing in credit unions and an executive of a wind energy company. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University , he served on the Obama national policy teams for energy and immigration. Greene previously served as general counsel for California Rural Legal Assistance where he brought suits challenging health, labor and immigration policies. What the critics say about Sheldon Greene’s novels: Lost and Found (Random House) “…read this modest treasure... Lost and Found is a ringing affirmation of life in the right here and right now...” Monterey Sunday Peninsula Herald (Calif.) “immensely entertaining”, Dallas Morning News-Sunday. “...sensitive, deeply felt, intuitively wise...telling us universal truths of fabulous implication... climax of rich human delight...” Cleveland Plain Dealer, “It belongs on the same bookshelf with the Spoon River Anthology and with Mark Twain’s stories about growing up along the Mississippi.” Hadassah Magazine; “Delightful...This soothing, humorous story will appeal to a wide variety of readers...” Library Journal; “ Burnt Umber (Leap Frog Press), spans the Twentieth Century through the lives of two real artists and the women who loved them. BookList described it as “A beautifully written account of the lives of artists caught up in turbulent times...” Prodigal Sons “…a fascinating study of the rootlessness of the Holocaust survivor. A page-turner with emotional depth.” Kirkus Discoveries Reviews. It’s more than a thriller, a romance, a historical novel, a spy thriller, heist…it’s a novel about the human condition, life and our ability to endure….. Horst may be a character born in the mind of Sheldon Greene, but he is a also a symbol of humanity and how we can prevail.” C.C. Chronicles