{"product_id":"books-the-language-of-love-and-loss-by-bart-yates","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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eLeave Myself Behind.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, \u003ci\u003ereally\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003edon't want to . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs it any surprise Noah wishes he could ignore his mother's summons to come visit? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53508498161937,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781496741257.jpg?v=1778148205","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/books-the-language-of-love-and-loss-by-bart-yates","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}