Libby Lost and Found

by Stephanie Booth

“There’s always a ‘lie’ in what we believe, an ‘if’ in life, and an ‘end’ in friends,” he says. He fills the doorway of her room but doesn’t step inside.

Rolf comes, too, farting as he slips down from the back seat.

“You didn’t cause this, and you can’t cure it. But you sure can’t deal with it alone.”

What do you want readers to take away from this book? That the parts of ourselves we perceive as weaknesses, those secrets that we’re most ashamed of, are really our biggest strengths. That just because you’re going through something difficult doesn’t mean you have to go through it alone. And that imagination can sustain us in the most lovely, unexpected ways. Also, dogs really do make everything better.