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Loved and missed

Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, who is addicted to drugs, has just had a baby, Lily. After someone dies of an overdose in Eleanor's apartment, Ruth hands her daughter an envelope of cash and takes Lily home with her, and Lily, as she...

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Main Author: Boyt, Susie, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : New York Review Books, [2023]
Edition:[Trade paperback edition].
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Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Grandparent and child > Fiction.
Drug addiction > Fiction.
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Summary:Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, who is addicted to drugs, has just had a baby, Lily. After someone dies of an overdose in Eleanor's apartment, Ruth hands her daughter an envelope of cash and takes Lily home with her, and Lily, as she grows, proves a compensation for all of Ruth's past defeats and disappointment. Love without fear is a new feeling for her, almost unrecognizable. Will it last?
Physical Description:198 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781681377810
1681377810
Author Notes:Susie Boyt is the author of seven novels and the memoir My Judy Garland Life , which was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize, staged at the Nottingham Playhouse, and serialized on BBC Radio 4. She has written about art, life, and fashion for the Financial Times for many years and recently edited The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James. She is also a director at the Hampstead Theatre. Her most recent novel, Loved and Missed , is published by New York Review Books.

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