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
P. H. Welshimer 1957, Harold L. Davis was chosen as the successor to Dr. Welshimer. Mr. Davis served as P.H.’s assistant for four years and would serve for 12 years until 1969. P. H. Welshimer Pearl Howard "P. H." Welshimer (April 6, 1873 – August 16, 1957) was an American Christian minister and author from Canton, Ohio and well-known leader in the Restoration Movement. Pearl Welshimer was born to Samuel and Louisa Jane Wilson Welshimer at Union Center, Union County, Ohio, on April 6, 1873. As a boy he selected for himself the middle name “Howard.” In his adult years he was most