{"product_id":"you-are-the-love-of-my-life-9780393345940","title":"You Are the Love of My Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Spare, elegant and absolutely riveting.” —\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graceful moments of connection nestled within tales of discord and deception are treasures [in Shreve’s work]…[The novel’s] examinations of family and community, with their dual capacity to hurt and to heal, are subtly convincing.\" -- Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\"The high price of a truth concealed is at the center of this remarkable, ultimately hopeful novel. Susan Shreve reveals her characters and their lives with empathy, wisdom, and, best of all, not a whiff of condescension.\" -- Ron Rash, New York Times best-selling author of Serena\u003cbr\u003e\"The corrosive power of family secrets is at the heart of this gripping tale––a beautifully written page-turner that kept me in its thrall until the very end.\" -- Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eYou Are the Love of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e takes place in a cozy little neighborhood in Washington, where every family tries to conceal not-so-cozy secrets under tattered falsehoods. It’s a memorable study of how lies can enslave people and truth set them free.\" -- Edith Pearlman\u003cbr\u003e\"I couldn’t put this book down! From its opening pages, which hint at mysteries and complexities of the human heart, right until the final pages when Susan Richards Shreve reveals her characters’ secrets and disappointments and hopes, I found \u003cem\u003eYou Are the Love of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e completely irresistible.\" -- Ann Hood\u003cbr\u003e\"Susan Shreve is a terrific storyteller who always brings her characters to vivid, sympathetic life. \u003cem\u003eYou are the Love of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e is my favorite of her books.\" -- Hilma Wolitzer\u003cbr\u003e\"Prolific and perceptive, Shreve…handles complex themes of identity, loyalty, privacy, and commitment with finesse, delicacy, and insight.\" -- Booklist (starred review)","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401996018007,"sku":"9780393345940","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393345940.jpg?v=1730479081","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/you-are-the-love-of-my-life-9780393345940","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}