Lost Laysen

by Margaret Mitchell

Genres: General Fiction; Literary Fiction

Synopsis

From the author of the national bestseller Gone With the Wind. A spirited tale of love and honor in the South Pacific. Until recently, the world thought Margaret Mitchell had only one story to tell: Gone With the Wind. Now meet a heroine to match Scarlett O'Hara: Courtenay Ross, a feisty, independent-minded woman, and the two men - one a coolheaded, well-heeled gentleman, the other a hot-blooded, pugnacious sailor - who adore her. Equally intriguing is the story behind the story—the real-life romance that inspired Mitchell: how she gave the original manuscript as a gift to her beau, Henry Love Angel, and how the manuscript, along with Mitchell’s intimate letters and treasured photographs, were lovingly safeguarded only to be discovered decades later in a shoebox! A tale of yearning, valor, and devotion, Lost Laysen is enthralling from its delightful beginning to its unforgettable end. Praise for Lost Laysen : 'Like Scarlett O’Hara, Laysen’s headstrong heroine is a woman ahead of her time' - Vogue 'Fascinating … what’s most valuable of all is the light this literary novelty sheds on the extraordinary artistic process' - Entertainment Weekly Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (1900-1949) was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Gone With the Wind, her only other published work of fiction, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. It has sold more than thirty million copies in more than thirty-one countries.

Release date: May 21, 2020

Publisher: Scribner

Print pages: 128