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'I was in the story feeling everything. I cared about every character . . . She writes beautifully. It was a total pleasure' Philippa Perry
Susie Boyt writes with a mordant wit and vivid style which are at their brilliant best in
Loved and Missed.
When your beloved daughter is lost in the fog of addiction, and you make off with her baby in order to save the day, can will power and a daring creative zeal carry you through? Examining the limits, disappointments and excesses of love in all its forms, this is a marvellously absorbing book, full of insight and compassion, by the author of
My Judy Garland Life. With emotional precision, Susie Boyt delights even while she disturbs.
`Always surprising - unexpected, particular, the thing you didn't know you wanted, but needed more than anything'- Tamsin Greig
About the author
Susie Boyt is the author of five other acclaimed novels and the much-loved memoir My Judy Garland Life which was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize, staged at the Nottingham Playhouse and serialised on BBC Radio 4. She has written about art, life and fashion for the Financial Times for the past fourteen years and has recently edited The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James. She is also a director at the Hampstead Theatre.
She lives in London with her family.
Summary
Examining the limits, disappointments and excesses of love in all its forms - a moving tragicomedy novel by the author of My Judy Garland Life.
Foreword
Examining the limits, disappointments and excesses of love in all its forms - a moving tragicomedy novel by the author of My Judy Garland Life.
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I adored Susie Boyt's novel Loved And Missed, which explores what can happen when, out of the blue, addiction and dereliction arrive to wreck a family. And how goodwill, determination and encouragement can ultimately put things back together again.
