{"product_id":"loved-one-aisha-muharrar-9798217288861","title":"Loved One","description":"\u003cb\u003eMost Anticipated Book of the Summer: \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, W Magazine, Real Simple, Oprah Daily, Hollywood Reporter, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eLoved One\u003c\/i\u003e] is special . . . full of wildly astute, delectably thorny questions about love and loss and possession.\" --Maggie Shipstead, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGreat Circle\u003c\/i\u003e \"Shimmers with wit even as it explores deep loss.\" --Rachel Khong, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eReal Americans\u003c\/i\u003e From an Emmy Award-winning writer comes a funny, wise, heartbreaking story about a woman journeying into the unknown in the wake of sudden loss\u003c\/b\u003eWhen her first-love-turned-close-friend, Gabe, dies unexpectedly at twenty-nine, thirty-year-old Julia is launched into an intercontinental quest to recover his lost possessions. Her journey takes her from Los Angeles to London and into the murky realm of the past. It also sets Julia on a collision course with the last woman he loved, a guarded, self-possessed florist and restaurateur named Elizabeth, who insists on withholding Gabe's beloved guitar--one of the departed indie rock musician's dearest belongings--for reasons Julia can't understand. Both women, it turns out, have something to hide, and soon find themselves engaged in a complex dance of withholding and revelation. An emotional mystery spanning years, continents, and relationship statuses, \u003ci\u003eLoved One \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces Aisha Muharrar as a novelist intimately attuned to the intricacies of love, memory, and ambiguous loss. What happens when we admit that the deepest feelings never die? How do we reconcile various--and sometimes contradictory--truths about those closest to us? An engrossing and profoundly moving coming-of-age story with a powerful love at its heart, \u003ci\u003eLoved One\u003c\/i\u003e is poised to become an instant classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aisha Muharrar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217288861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Audiobooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Aisha Muharrar","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":47244486279423,"sku":"9798217288861","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a723ef30-dae1-44d6-8e8b-ca75a33e6716.jpg?v=1758135855","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loved-one-aisha-muharrar-9798217288861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}