An extremely thought provoking and enthralling story.

John Needham, the author of this thought-provoking story,has had interesting and varied careers, first as a graphic designer, he thentried living for a short time in a commune, before becoming a house renovator,and then landscape gardener. He has also written his autobiography, a shortstory collection and novels. His first book Convergence has a renovation theme,but all his novels are deeply emotional, written from the heart, and as areader I found myself quickly becoming engrossed in the individual stories,anxious to know what happens next, and what the final outcome will be.

This novel is very different from any I have read before.The psychological phenomenon which forms the backbone of this story is real,affecting the mental state of many to varying degrees, although the story isfiction. Indeed, we hear on the news of people’s disappearances locally andglobally, normally the person is found safe and sound. The families arerelieved, and the ten minutes of fame becomes lost in time, quickly forgotten.However, in this story it is a very different case.

Charlie and Siobhan, the protagonists in this novel, havesuffered heart-breaking tragedies in their lives, yet have overcome them. Asthe story begins, Siobhan is struggling with post-partum depression after thebirth of their beautiful daughter Kathleen. However, none of these pasttragedies explain the disappearance of the young mother one night. One minuteshe’s popping to the shops, and the next she’s gone. How can Charlies come toterms with this, and what about little Kathleen? Brilliantly putting himself inthe shoes of Charles, the author tackles the myriad of emotions, and therollercoaster of a life which Charlies leads in the years following Siobhan’sdisappearance, after all, eventually life must go on…

And the information above is all I am going to give you,because to tell you more will spoil your enjoyment of this emotional,uplifting, yet sometimes heartrending story. All that I will say is that thisriveting book will keep you on the edges of your seats as the story twists andturns.

John Needham has, in the back of this book given his readersthe opportunity to sample the previous book to this one Sister Annie and Me, inwhich he explored the themes of compassion, sibling love, interracialism, andgayness.

In his writing of ‘Lost Time,’ the author has given hisreaders a really interesting, thought-provoking, and emotionally challengingstory which will grip their interest from the very first page. Highlyrecommend!

Author’s Website: https://wordsfromjohn.wordpress.com/

Lost Time is available from Amazon in Kindle and Paperback format: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-time-John-Needham-ebook/dp/B09VCBYK78/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1648030694&sr=1-1