In September 1995, Cathy Ostlere, her husband, and 3 children are visiting with the family in Calgary to celebrate her younger brother Davids birthday. It had been a family tradition that no matter where in the world David might befrom Australia to India to England he would call on his birthday to reconnect and reminisce. As they wait & wonder, a horrifying thought takes shape in Cathy's mind: knowing how their parents have worried about David in the past, he has begged Cathy not to tell them about his latest adventuresailing his twenty- eight-foot sailboat 1200 miles from Ireland to the tropical island of Madeira off the coast of Spain with his girlfriend Sarah. The trip should have taken them two weeks. Maybe three. But after two months, she has to break her silence. With each hour that passes and still no word she defensively parries the unacceptable but bleak inevitable: something has happened. David must be dead. Thus begins Lost, Cathy Ostleres remarkable and unforgettable journey in search of closure, and emotional redemption. From Madeira where her search for David and Sarah begins to Ireland and on to the Scottish island of Mull where, months later, Sarah's family has gathered to grieve, Cathy finds herself stirred by snapshot memories of David, of their life growing up together. Of family and what it means. In search of answers she finds instead only new and sometimes more troubling questions questions that will come to have profound repercussions in her own life. How do we know our true passions? In a life defined by obligations, what are the risks? And what is the consequence for following our passion? A heartrending story of a womans search for her missing brother, Lost is an extraordinary meditation on the meaning of family and what it is to live an authentic life.
In September 1995, Cathy Ostlere, her husband, and 3 children are visiting with the family in Calgary to celebrate her younger brother Davids birthday. It had been a family tradition that no matter where in the world David might befrom Australia to India to England he would call on his birthday to reconnect and reminisce. As they wait & wonder, a horrifying thought takes shape in Cathy's mind: knowing how their parents have worried about David in the past, he has begged Cathy not to tell them about his latest adventuresailing his twenty- eight-foot sailboat 1200 miles from Ireland to the tropical island of Madeira off the coast of Spain with his girlfriend Sarah. The trip should have taken them two weeks. Maybe three. But after two months, she has to break her silence. With each hour that passes and still no word she defensively parries the unacceptable but bleak inevitable: something has happened. David must be dead. Thus begins Lost, Cathy Ostleres remarkable and unforgettable journey in search of closure, and emotional redemption. From Madeira where her search for David and Sarah begins to Ireland and on to the Scottish island of Mull where, months later, Sarah's family has gathered to grieve, Cathy finds herself stirred by snapshot memories of David, of their life growing up together. Of family and what it means. In search of answers she finds instead only new and sometimes more troubling questions questions that will come to have profound repercussions in her own life. How do we know our true passions? In a life defined by obligations, what are the risks? And what is the consequence for following our passion? A heartrending story of a womans search for her missing brother, Lost is an extraordinary meditation on the meaning of family and what it is to live an authentic life.
