I Couldn't Love You More by Esther Freud

I Couldn't Love You More by Esther Freud

Rosaleen is young, beautiful and still a schoolgirl when, in the early Sixties, she meets the famous sculptor Felix Lehmann. Felix is Jewish, bohemian; Rosaleen, the tearaway middle daughter of Irish publicans. So their affair – running away to France to gorge on oysters, boozing and eating cakes in Soho surrounded by Felix’s fellow artists, Rosaleen modelling for him in his London studio – has to be kept a secret from her parents. But everything changes when Rosaleen finds herself pregnant. Evicted from her flat and dismissed from her job, she travels to Ireland to a convent that promises to house her until her baby is safely delivered. The reality that meets her there, however, is far from what she has been promised… Kate lives in present day London with her young daughter, her promise and energy as an artist stifled by the unhappiness of her marriage. But something is stirring in Kate; the courage to face a mystery in her past that might just be to do with the visions of a tree that have begun to haunt her work and dreams. Close to breaking point, she heads to Ireland, not yet fully knowing what she hopes to find. Aoife sits at her husband Cashell’s bedside as he lies dying, and tells him the story of their lifetime together: of their courtship in wartime London, their three daughters, their return from exile. But there is a crucial part of the story missing, and, with time running out, Aoife needs Cashell to tell her: what became of Rosaleen? Captivating and gorgeously written, I Couldn’t Love Your More is an unforgettable novel about love, motherhood, secrets and betrayal – and how only the truth can set us free.

Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller, poetic but never overwrought; thoughtful but never showy * THE TIMES *
As close to a perfect novel as anything I've read in a long time -- ANN PATCHETT
Full of pitch-perfect observation, spiced with wry humour * OBSERVER *
You know how it is when a writer draws into a place and you begin to feel it is more substantial than the one around you? That is how this book was for meI truly loved it -- RACHEL JOYCE
In a culture which dins with brashness and self-advertisement, attending to Esther Freud's still, truthful voice becomes not only a pleasure but a necessity -- JONATHAN COE
A highly talented writer * INDEPENDENT *
She describes monumental life events simply, which makes them more powerful -- SOPHIE DAHL

Esther Freud trained as an actress before writing her first novel Hideous Kinky, published in 1992. Hideous Kinky was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and made into a film starring Kate Winslet. In 1993 Esther Freud was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist. She has since written seven other novels, including The Sea House, Love Falls and Mr Mac and Me, which won the East Anglian Book Award for Fiction 2015. She also writes stories, articles and travel pieces for newspapers and magazines, and teaches creative writing at the Faber Academy. Esther Freud lives in London and Suffolk.

www.estherfreud.co.uk @estherfreudrite

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ISBN 13	9781526629913
ISBN 10	1526629917
Title	I Couldn't Love You More
Author	Esther Freud
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2021-05-27
Number of pages	368
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