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The Lost Father

First edition
Author	Mona Simpson
Country	US
Language	English
Genre	autobiographical fiction
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	January 11, 1993
Media type	print/digital
Pages	506
ISBN	9780679733034
Preceded by	Anywhere But Here (novel)

The Lost Father is an autobiographical fiction novel written by American novelist Mona Simpson. It is the sequel to Simpson's first novel, Anywhere But Here and based on her real search for her father, Abdulfattah ‘John’ Jandali. It also contains a fictionalized portrait of her mother, Joanne Carole Schieble. Jandali and Schieble are Steve Jobs' birth parents (although this fact does not appear in the novel).

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