Lost on Long Island

By: Michaud, Lisa Czarina

Music was the only honest thing they had.

From the author of Somewhere in Hollywood comes a sharp, musically infused novel of 2001 suburban ennui. It captures the raw friction of a more-than-friendship, the long, journeys and favorite albums that shape who we become.

Carla Bucchio is stuck in that weird limbo of life-after-high-school ennui. Not in college and working at a photo printing shop, she dreams of life beyond the suburbs. Her world shifts when she runs into her former classmate, Pete Albrecht, the mysterious but sort of hot stoner kid. Looking for a way out, they start a band that quickly becomes their entire world.

What begins with loud amps and album swaps in his basement turns into a cross-country road trip. But as the miles rack up and they try to escape the lives expected of them, Carla and Pete are forced to face the reality of the world changing before their eyes, fraying relationships back home, and the unspoken friction of a connection that goes deeper than music.

​Sharp, nostalgic, and deeply emotional, Lost on Long Island is High Fidelity meets Normal People, transporting readers back to 2001 with vinyl, complicated friendships and the transformative power of music.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1736944592
• ISBN13: 9781736944592
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Barre Chord Press, LLC
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"