LOST LAMBS is Dua Lipa’s Service95 August Book Club Pick!

LOST LAMBS by Madeline Cash is Dua Lipa’s Service95 Book Club pick for August!

The Flynn family is coming undone. Catherine and Bud’s open marriage has reached its breaking point as their daughters spiral in their own chaotic orbits: Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone—or something—is monitoring the town’s citizens.

Casting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a billionaire shipping magnate. Rumors of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with a mysterious shipping container exposes a criminal conspiracy that unwittingly endangers her family—a crisis that just may bring them closer together.

Irreverent and addictive, pinging between the voices of the Flynns and the characters around them, Madeline Cash’s LOST LAMBS is a debut novel of quick-witted observation and surprising tenderness. In it, Cash has crafted a family saga for the twenty-first century, all held together with crazy glue.

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“It’s got everything: a dysfunctional family, a bloodthirsty billionaire, conspiracy theories, online radicalisation, an infestation of gnats and, at its heart, a search for identity and meaning… Madeline writes at full volume—reading LOST LAMBS can feel like scrolling an overstimulating social feed. But she keeps sight of the tenderness at the heart of the Flynn family and, hidden among the drama, is a lot of truth about connection and why it matters… It’s funny, fast and intoxicating.”—Dua Lipa, Service95 Book Club

“Cash has a hit debut on her hands based on the guffaw-inducing, deadpan humor alone… In addition to the generous portions of humor, Cash weaves in a fun romp in which the family members get to exercise their strengths. An entertaining and breezy read reminiscent of the best of Kevin Wilson.”—Booklist, starred review

“Loaded with snarky one-liners and absurdist set pieces, Cash’s glittering debut novel (after the collection EARTH ANGEL) follows the middle-class Flynn family as they try and fail to find a sense of purpose… Cash has a finely tuned ear for the silliness of modern language (volunteer events have names like Apple Bobbing for Autism and Knitting for Narcolepsy), and she serves up wild slapstick and a twist of nasty horror before sending things out on a sweet and surprisingly sentimental note. The novel is anchored in its affection for the hapless but well-meaning Flynns, whose banter is endlessly irresistible… It’s unforgettable.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review