Loved and Missed -- Susie Boyt, Paperback

Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, who is addicted to drugs, has just had a baby, Lily. Ruth adjusts herself in ways large and small to give to Eleanor what she thinks she may need--nourishment, distance, affection--but all her gifts fall short. After someone dies of an overdoes in Eleanor's apartment, Ruth hands her daughter an envelope of cash and takes Lily home with her, and Lily, as she grows, proves a compensation for all of Ruth's past defeats and disappointment. Love without fear is a new feeling for her, almost unrecognizable. Will it last?

Love and Missed is a whip-smart, incisive, and mordantly witty novel about love's gains and missteps. British writer Susie Boyt's seventh novel, and the first to be published in the United States, is a triumph.

Author: Susie Boyt
Publisher: Nyrb/New York Review Books
Published: 09/19/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781681377810

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2023 pg. 9
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023
Library Journal 08/01/2023 pg. 78
Publishers Weekly 07/31/2023

About the Author
Susie Boyt is the author of six novels and the memoir My Judy Garland Life, which was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize, staged at the Nottingham Playhouse, and serialized on BBC Radio 4. She has written about art, life, and fashion for the Financial Times for many years and recently edited The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James. She is also a director at the Hampstead Theatre. She lives in London with her family.