Good Good Loving: The unforgettable novel from Booker Longlisted author Scorching, brilliant Bernardine Evaristo
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*** The brilliant, witty and tender new novel from Booker Longlisted author, Good Good Loving brings to life the powerful story of a British-Caribbean family across five decades, held together by one woman's capacity for love. Perfect for fans of Monica Ali and Bernardine Evaristo ***
'SCORCHING, BRILLIANT, WITTY, SHOCKING'
BERNARDINE EVARISTO
'WARM, FUNNY, FULL OF HEART'
DIANA EVANS, AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
'POWERFUL, GRIPPING AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING'
ANTONIA HODGSON, AUTHOR OF THE RAVEN SCHOLAR____________________________
Ellen's beloved, beautiful, complicated family are gathered around her hospital bed as she prepares to slip away, and boy, is she ready.
You'd think she could finally get some peace and quiet, but instead her children have chosen now of all times to have a never-ending discussion about her failings. Every single tiny thing they think she's done wrong over the years - and the one big thing too. After all the sacrifices Ellen has made for every last ungrateful one of them, they still take their father's side.
If only they knew the whole story . . .
Full of big personalities, big mistakes, burning love and quiet heartbreak, Good Good Loving moves backwards in time through some of the most dramatic turning points in the life of Ellen and her family, in a story that is as heartrending as it is joyous.
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PRAISE FOR GOOD GOOD LOVING . . .
'A scorching, brilliant, witty, shocking, spirited and psychologically penetrating novel about complicated family secrets, betrayals, hidden resentments and buried tragedies.' Bernardine Evaristo
'Wonderful. Richly textured, warm, funny, full of heart and very moving.' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People
'Sensational. A clever, funny and revelatory exploration of familial life with an unforgettable matriarch at its heart.' Irenosen Okojie, author of Curandera
'Good Good Loving is a wise, powerful, gripping and profoundly moving novel by a writer of exceptional talent.' Antonia Hodgson, author of The Raven Scholar
'Emotional, thoughtful, profoundly human, wise and good good fun.' Bidisha
'This is a story steeped in displacement, in the ache of leaving family and land behind, and it doesn't flinch from the heartbreak of internalized misogyny and pain that cuts across generations. . . And just when the story guts you, it turns around and makes you laugh' Ishi Robinson, author of Sweetness in the Skin
'An intimate family drama interwoven with the story of the British-Caribbean experience sin
Praise for Good Good Loving
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A powerhouse writer. Every Yvvette Edwards book makes me excited. The rich psychological tapestries she creates for her characters are second to none
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Praise for A Cupboard Full of Coats: - -
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Redolent of Monica Ali and Zadie Smith, Yvvette Edwards' bold debut is a searing story of family, jealousy, and tragic betrayal... Rich with voices from East London and the West Indies, Edward's narrative is delivered with a unique and uncompromising bite that announces a new talent in British fiction - Fantastic Fiction
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Deeply moving, wonderfully written - The Times
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