The Lost Father

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The Lost Father

First edition
Author	Mona Simpson
Language	English
Genre	autobiographical fiction
Publisher	Knopf
Publication date	January 11, 1993
Publication place	US
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 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.