The missing treasures of Amy Ashton
(Book)

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2021 [with the title Everything is beautiful] by Little, Brown Book Group"--Title page verso.

A collector of objects, Amy Ashton, who believes it is easier to love things than people, finds her solitary existence interrupted when a new family moves in next door with two young boys--one of whom has a collection of his own.

Amy Ashton once dreams of becoming an artist and creating beautiful objects. Now she simply collects them-- and they take up every available inch of space in her house. After a tragedy in her life, she's decided that it's easier to love things than people. When a family when two young boys moves next door, one of the boys has a collection of his own. His love of bulldozers makes Amy begin to question why she began to close herself off in the first place. -- adapted from jacket