{"product_id":"love-forms","title":"Love Forms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR 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\u003eA Book of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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'\u003ci\u003eLove Forms\u003c\/i\u003e achieves a sort of alchemy.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reads like a Claire Keegan short story expanded by Elizabeth Strout.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\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\u003eTrinidad, 1980: Dawn Bishop, aged 16, leaves her home and journeys across the sea to Venezuela. There, she gives birth to a baby girl, and leaves her with nuns to be given up for adoption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDawn tries to carry on with her life - a move to England, a marriage, a career, two sons, a divorce - but through it all, she still thinks of the child she had in Venezuela, and of what might have been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, forty years later, a woman from an internet forum gets in touch. She says that she might be Dawn's long-lost daughter, stirring up a complicated mix of feelings: could this be the person to give form to all the love and care a mother has left to offer?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54260562133336,"sku":"9780571339549","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571339549_20bf8635-8272-4f16-a5be-69e219100569.jpg?v=1777881613","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/love-forms","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}