What Was Lost Was Lost" was the winner in the first novel category of the Costa Book Awards. O'Flynn received a £5,000 prize. It was short-listed for the overall Costa Book of the Year Award. The Costa Book Awards' judging panel, chaired by Joanna Trollope, praised the novel for "blending humour and pathos in a cleverly constructed and absorbing mystery." They described the novel as inventive, compelling, and poignant. "What Was Lost" was long-listed for the 2007 Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction. It was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. It won the Jelf Group First Novel Award
The Answer (album) covered as club versions. The success of the single in Europe led to the album being re-released in Europe as "What a Life" the next year. All tracks composed by Christian P. Schneider and Don Oriolo; except where indicated The Answer (album) The Answer is the sixteenth album by singer-songwriter Gloria Gaynor. It was released in France on October 24, 1997. A version with a slightly different track list was released the following year in Germany, under the title What a Life. "The Answer" includes the singles "Oh, What a Life", "Rippin' It Up", "Perfect World" and "Set Me Free".