I was excited about reading Gregory Maguire after watching the musical "Wicked." I had also heard good things from a co-worker who has read all of his books. When I asked her about "Lost" before reading it, she said it was different from the others. Unlike Wicked (The Wizard of Oz retold) and the stepsister book (Cinderella re-told), Lost is not a re-telling of A Christmas Carol. Rather, the book is about a female writer who has made her living writing a horoscope type book, but is working on a piece of more serious fiction. The "Scrooge" relation comes about because the author/narrator is related to the person upon whom (at least in the story) the Scrooge character is based.
The novel is suspenseful and well written, but if you are looking for a re-telling of a classic tale from another perspective, try one of Maguire's other books.
The novel is suspenseful and well written, but if you are looking for a re-telling of a classic tale from another perspective, try one of Maguire's other books.
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