Book Launch: Amy Nunnelly – The Lost Ones

Come celebrate the launch of Amy Nunnelly’s first book, “The Lost Ones: A Book of Short Stories”. She will talk about the inspiration behind the book, read some short excerpts, and provide a toast so that, together, we can launch her first book into the world!After the talk, books will be available for purchase for 300 CZK. Amy will be happy to sign and dedicate a book for you.Don’t miss a night in Punctum that’s sure to be one for the books!About the BookWe all lose something, but what we lose is not always lost.In The Lost Ones, eleven stories trace the lives of characters navigating the spaces left behind—by grief, by time, by the longing for connection. A woman, grieving over the death of her grandmother, finds solace at her daughter’s birthday party. A man traveling through Europe in search of himself stumbles into a lost love in Dresden. An elderly man loosens the last knot of his past in the most unexpected way. A man of the Lost Generation meets a woman who could potentially pull him out of a rut. A teenage girl plays with fire to feel seen.From the Spanish Quarter of Naples to a Parisian café, from a small pond in the American South to the forests of the Czech Republic, these poignant stories move through memory, love, regret, and the small salvations we never see coming. Each distinct voice reveals how loss — of people, of place, of self — often clears the ground for something new to take root.With emotional depth, tenderness, and flashes of magic, The Lost Ones explores how, in the wake of loss, we often find something we didn’t know we were looking for.About the AuthorOriginally from Alabama, Amy has been living in Prague for the past eleven years. She is a teacher, mother, and lover of live music, and while she doesn’t particularly listen to the genre of music at Punctum’s shows, Radim’s food will draw her in every time. She writes mostly poetry and literary fiction.