At the Lost and Found is a collection of 12 short stories published by Bellowing Ark Press in 1997.

These are two reviews that appear on amazon.com:

I was just scanning the shelves of the bookstore when the author of this book caught my eye. I had read some of Shelley Uva's stories in Bellowing Ark and I became very interested in what else she would write. I started reading and I couldn't stop. Awesome! I loved the different stories, and I actually could relate to some of them. I really liked "Nina's Shoes". I was so touched when I read this particular story that I had to read it again when I got home. I would like to stress that this wonderful collection of short stories is a MUST READ!

What a wonderful surprise! I just stumbled on this book at a bookstore and liked the cover. I started reading, and it was excellent! These stories are about a New Yorker named Ellie and her experiences and friendships and ups and downs. She's got a wry sense of humor and I definitely recommend this book. It's sort of hard to find however, but it is worth the 4-6 week wait that it says it will take. It's one of my favorite contemporary books. Ellie Palermo is the common person's hero! Ms. Uva writes about her dealings with her friends, Ted and Michael, and their untimely deaths from AIDS. She writes about her little girl, Nina and Joanna, and about Nina's fear of death. And she especially writes about the most horrific event in most women's lives, "The Big Four-O". Must must Read this book!

Here are two more reviews from small press editors:

Ellie is a character of enormous sympathy; her concerns are the concerns of modernity, her solutions revealing. Uva is a writer of definite insight and talent.
- Elizabeth Siddal, Associate Editor, City Primeval

At the Lost and Found made me think of Winesburg, Ohio without the neurosis. An achievement in narrative art that deserves much study, a clear proof that most writers are headed in the wrong direction. Ellie is such a strong presence that she shapes a definition of how a modern urban woman moves in the world.
- Jane Morris, Editor, Primeval Press

Click Here to read “Nina’s Shoes,” one of the stories from At the Lost and Found.