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The Lost Daughter Collective Paperback – March 7, 2017

by Lindsey Drager (Author)
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Every woman was once a girl
and every girl was once a daughter
For every woman in the world,
there will always be laughter in slaughter.

Midnight at the Institute. Using bedtime stories as cautionary tales, a Wrist Scholar tells his only child of the Lost Daughter Collective: a fabled group of bereaved fathers who meet in an abandoned umbrella factory to mourn the loss of their girls. Over everything hangs the mystery of the Archivist’s daughter―neither dead nor missing, but indisputably gone. Blurring the line between reality and artifice, far past and near future, Drager’s satirical exploration of gender politics and identity queers the old adage: “A son is a son ’til he finds himself a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.”

With allusions to Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and Peter Pan, The Lost Daughter Collective is a gothic fairy tale fusing the fabulism of Donald Barthleme and Ben Marcus with the language play of Rikki Ducornet and Jenny Offill.
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  1. Print length
    176 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Dzanc Books
  4. Publication date
    March 7, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1941088732
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1941088739
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  • Keith Abramson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exploring the liminal
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2017
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    This work is perhaps an ode to the liminal - Drager is most at home capturing and inferring meaning from states of change. Sharp prose defines a hazy, almost Murakami-esque world; her vignettes are most akin to the fleeting dream state - somehow both vividly defined and fitful - in-between snooze button and wakefulness.

    There's a gift here to the careful reader; the author has the gift of weaving unadorned verbiage into achingly poignant turns of phrase. Indeed, this work is literature as sociology as art - acting as the impartial observer, Drager somehow manages to imbue even the smallest of moments with great import; this is a master observer, transmuting even minute gestures in conversation to moments of punctuation in grand soliloquy.

    Drager tips her hand - perhaps unintentionally - with the Alice in Wonderland themes. Alice was not only a lost daughter; her journey down the rabbit hole led her to a study of wonderment, of the remarkable, of that which is perhaps not what it appears to be. Drager has that same slightly wide-eyed perspective of the world, betraying her wonderment with trenchant analysis of the seemingly mundane.

    Truly an enjoyable read, especially the deceptively clear prose; gossamer layers covering a scalpel.
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  • Beverly Bayer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sad but lovely book
    Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2017
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    Sad but lovely book. You don't need to have suffered a loss to relate. This book speaks to everyone. Touching.
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  • Laurie Dotter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, fairy tale-like story, about the loss of daughters, and the effect on those left behind
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2017
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    Interesting book, written in a fairy tale-like prose, which tells the stories of fathers who have lost their daughters, and how they deal with their grief.
    Beautifully written - an engaging story that makes you think.
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  • Brenda Brooks
    4.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of food fir thought.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2017
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    Not as forthright as her first offering, this second novel offers plenty of food for thought which is Drager's best aspect. Recommended.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2017
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    A book you will not want to put down....Great!
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