{"product_id":"the-language-of-love-and-loss-9781496741240","title":"The Language of Love and Loss","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders of \u003ci\u003eMad Honey\u003c\/i\u003e will adore this clever, deeply touching, buoyant new novel from an award-winning author. When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown ? and all the ghosts he left behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003edon?t want to . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome, for Noah York, is Oakland, New Hampshire, the sleepy little town where Noah?s mother, Virginia, had a psychotic breakdown and Noah got beaten to a pulp as a teenager. Then there were the good times?and Noah?s not sure which ones are more painful to recall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow thirty-seven and eking out a living as an artist in Providence, Rhode Island, Noah looks much the same?and swears just as colorfully?as he did in high school. Virginia has become a wildly successful poet who made him the subject of her most famous poem, ?The Lost Soul,? a label Noah will never live down. And J.D., the one who got away?because Noah stupidly drove him away?is in a loving marriage with a successful, attractive man whom Noah despises wholeheartedly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs it any surprise that Noah wishes he could ignore his mother?s summons to come visit?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Virginia has shattering news to deliver, and a request he can?t refuse. Soon, Noah will track down the sister and extended family he never knew existed, try to keep his kleptomaniac cousin out of jail, feud with a belligerent neighbor, confront J.D.?s jealous husband?and face J.D. himself, the ache from Noah?s past that never fades. . . . All the while, contending with his brilliant, unpredictable mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBittersweet, hilarious, and moving, and as unapologetically candid and unforgettable as Noah himself, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Love and Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about growing older, getting lost?and finding your way back to the only truths that really matter.","brand":"Kensington Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739774464343,"sku":"9781496741240","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496741240.jpg?v=1720053110","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-language-of-love-and-loss-9781496741240","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}