{"product_id":"the-language-of-love-and-loss-9781496741240","title":"The Language of Love and Loss","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist named Noah York reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown - and all the ghosts he left behind. Fans of Andrew Sean Greer, Jonathan Tropper, and Armistead Maupin will adore this outrageously funny, deeply touching, buoyant new novel from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLeave Myself Behind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e don't want to . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHome, for Noah York, is Oakland, New Hampshire, the sleepy little town where Noah's mother, Virginia, had a psychotic\u003cbr\u003ebreakdown and Noah got beaten to a pulp as a teenager. Then there were the good times--and Noah's not sure which ones are\u003cbr\u003emore 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\u003cbr\u003ecolorfully--as he did in high school. Virginia has become a wildly successful poet who made him the subject of her most famous\u003cbr\u003epoem, \"The Lost Soul,\" a label Noah will never live down. And J.D., the one who got away--because Noah stupidly drove him\u003cbr\u003eaway--is in a loving marriage with a successful, attractive man whom Noah despises wholeheartedly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs it any surprise that 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\u003cbr\u003efamily he never knew existed, try to keep his kleptomaniac cousin out of jail, feud with a belligerent neighbor, confront J.D.'s\u003cbr\u003ejealous husband--and face J.D. himself, the ache from Noah's past that never fades. . . . All the while, contending with his\u003cbr\u003ebrilliant, unpredictable mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBittersweet, hilarious, and moving, and as unapologetically candid and unforgettable as Noah himself, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Love and Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about growing older, getting lost--and finding your way back to the only truths that really matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Scognamiglio Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496741240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Bart Yates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42784271564981,"sku":"9781496741240","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_db72d1c5-91c3-4cfa-9541-4e7c5cb946fb.jpg?v=1680015385","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-language-of-love-and-loss-9781496741240","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}