{"product_id":"9781496741257","title":"The Language of Love and Loss","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown – and all the ghosts he left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans of Andrew Sean Greer, Bryan Washington, and Jonathan Tropper will adore this outrageously funny, deeply touching, buoyant novel from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLeave Myself Behind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003edon’t want to . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome, for Noah York, is Oakland, New Hampshire, the sleepy little town where Noah’s mother, Virginia, had a psychotic breakdown and Noah got beaten to a pulp as a teenager. Then there were the good times—and Noah’s not sure which ones are more painful to recall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow thirty-seven and eking out a living as an artist in Providence, Rhode Island, Noah looks much the same—and swears just as colorfully—as he did in high school. Virginia has become a wildly successful poet who made him the subject of her most famous poem, “The Lost Soul,” a label Noah will never live down. And J.D., the one who got away—because Noah stupidly drove him away—is in a loving marriage with a successful, attractive man whom Noah despises wholeheartedly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs it any surprise Noah wishes he could ignore his mother’s summons to come visit?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Virginia has shattering news to deliver, and a request he can’t refuse. Soon, Noah will track down the sister and extended family he never knew existed, try to keep his kleptomaniac cousin out of jail, feud with a belligerent neighbor, confront J.D.’s jealous husband—and face J.D. himself, the ache from Noah’s past that never fades. . . . All the while, contending with his brilliant, unpredictable mother.","brand":"Bart Yates","offers":[{"title":"Kensington |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-05-21","offer_id":44663212015871,"sku":"9781496741257","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_aa16422a-e2e1-487f-a754-3e16b49fdb54.jpg?v=1704534258","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781496741257","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}