“Mislaid” is an farcical social novel by Nell Zink which follows the lives of a married homosexual couple, the lesbian Peggy and the gay Lee, and their children over the course of three decades. "Mislaid" is a deeply funny novel that uses satirical humor and farcical situations to toy with common stereotypes, while hitting on sensitive issues relating to family, bigotry, and sexuality as well as responsibility, maturity and fate.