{"product_id":"9780571339563-love-forms","title":"Love Forms","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLonglisted for the Booker Prize 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ENCORE AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE JHALAK PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A quietly devastating masterpiece.' \u003c\/b\u003eMARIAN KEYES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Adam is a master storyteller.' \u003c\/b\u003eSARA COLLINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisitely written . compelling and tender.' \u003c\/b\u003eMONIQUE ROFFEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eGolden Child\u003c\/i\u003e, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Dawn Bishop was sixteen, she left her home in Trinidad and journeyed across the sea  to Venezuela. There, she gave birth to a baby girl and returned to Trinidad alone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDawn tried to carry on with her life: a move  to England, a marriage, two sons and a divorce.  But she never stopped thinking of her daughter and of what might have been. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForty years later, a woman gets in touch on an internet forum, claiming that she might be her long-lost daughter. Dawn dares to hope that this may be a way back to her past. Could she finally give form to all the love and care a mother has left to offer?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reads like a Claire Keegan short story expanded by Elizabeth Strout.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'From the very first page, I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller. An utterly arresting tale of love and grief, of the wounding and healing powers of family, of the many guises of a mother's love. It's an absolute triumph.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSARA COLLINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisitely written. A compelling and tender story of what - and who - is hidden in almost every family that feels as old as the hills and yet acutely contemporary.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONIQUE ROFFEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An arresting voice that made me think of silk: its delicate beauty belies its intrinsic strength.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLAIRE KILROY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A compelling read taking us to the heart of difficult family situations and evocative secret places.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROMESH GUNESEKERA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57721982976374,"sku":"9780571339563","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41101048.jpg?v=1779081353","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571339563-love-forms","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}