Pam Macintyre writes,This is terrific book for examination as there are few clear cut situations: Moloney does not deal in moral absolutes and we the reader are invited to make up our minds about the characters, their motivations, the effects of their actions. Josh Tamling. Josh is the narrator of the story, a young man from a good family. He has lost his belief in God and is feeling lost. He sees the joy people experience it the Lost Property Office when finding something they had thought lost is found. He feels that finding his brother Michael will have the same result but discovers that each person has to make their own journey.