The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan

Rating: 4/5 

Trigger Warnings: Mentions of rape, child pregnancy, mentions of suicide, 

Genre: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary literature, Adult literature, Mystery, Translated Literature (French)

"There are attachments so strong that they survive in our memories as if they were physically imprinted in each cell of our bodies..." (Bonidan 174).

Inspired by a true story, The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan is a poetic journey of reading letters between many individuals who all have the same common goal: Read and wonder, who wrote this manuscript. 

I felt as if I was reading the secret letters between a mystery of infatuation. They prove that average life can be just as exciting as an action film, just given the circumstances.

The Lost Manuscript gives readers these intimate letters to read about the journey this manuscript took. Bonidan did an incredible job writing as well as Emma Ramadan did with the translation. 

If you love books that have a poetic message and quotes imbedded within it's pages, then this is the book for you. 

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