Lost Lambs

The Sunday Times bestseller. A wickedly funny, gloriously strange debut novel that turns family dysfunction into an art form.

For the three Flynn daughters, it's been disastrous since their parents opened up their marriage. Abigail, the eldest, is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior nicknamed 'War Crimes Wes'; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; and 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 is Paul Alabaster, a nefarious local billionaire. Rumours of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with Alabaster's machinations sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy — one that may just, finally, bring them closer together.

Rippling with humour, warmth and style, Lost Lambs turns family dysfunction into an art form.

Praise

“A voice like no other.” — Lena Dunham

“Fiendishly readable.” — Financial Times

“I can't remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters. I loved it. I devoured it.” — Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters

“I've read entire books that contain less wit and inventiveness than a single one of Cash's sentences.” — Eric Puchner, author of Dream State

“Lost Lambs is wild.” — Samantha Hunt, author of The Seas

About the author

Madeline Cash is a writer based in the United States and a co-founder of Forever Magazine. She is the author of the acclaimed story collection Earth Angel. Lost Lambs is her debut novel — a Sunday Times bestseller praised for its singular voice, dark humour, and dazzling sentences.

Perfect for readers of

Ottessa Moshfegh, Halle Butler, Patricia Lockwood's No One Is Talking About This, Jen Beagin, and anyone who loves their literary fiction sharp, strange, and very funny.