Loved and Missed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781681377810)

With her daughter in the throes of drug addiction, a mother takes over the care of her granddaughter--and is transformed by the bond that forms between them--in this warm, sharp-witted, and psychologically acute story of familial love by a praised British novelist.

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. Ruth adjusts herself in ways large and small to give to Eleanor what she thinks she may need--nourishment, distance, affection--but all her gifts fall short. 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?

Love and Missed is a whip-smart, incisive, and mordantly witty novel about love's gains and missteps. British writer Susie Boyt's seventh novel, and the first to be published in the United States, is a triumph.

Author: Susie Boyt
ISBN-10: 1681377810
ISBN-13: 9781681377810
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2023
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2023 pg. 9
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023
Library Journal 08/01/2023 pg. 78
Publishers Weekly 07/31/2023
BookPage 10/01/2023