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.

The Lost Father
First edition
AuthorMona Simpson
LanguageEnglish
Genreautobiographical fiction
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
January 11, 1993
Publication placeUS
Media typeprint/digital
Pages506
ISBN9780679733034
Preceded byAnywhere But Here (novel) 

Jandali and Schieble were also Steve Jobs' birth parents, having given him for adoption before Simpson was born, although this fact does not appear in the novel, and Simpson did not tell Jandali about Jobs.

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