Book of the Heart, The

Politics & Social Sciences

Louisa Young

Philosophy

Flamingo

Paperback. Pub Date :2002-12-02 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK The sparky. funny sequel to Louisa Young's acclaimed first novel of belly-dancing. motorbikes and single-parenthood.Angeline Gower. ex-bellydancer. ex -biker. single mother of a little girl who is not actually her child. is mired in problems again in this wonderful sequel.Her relationship with Harry. the lover turned cop. remains fraught. the lure of the glamorous but no good Eddie hasn ' t gone away.And there is yet another element complicating things know -. the seductive and mysterious Sa'id With Angeline older and a little wiser. Louisa Young weaves a tale that is richer. sexier and more moving than 'Baby Love'. while remaining just as exciting.Shifting between Shepherd's Bush and Cairo. full of the contrasts between the West and the Middle East. 'Desiring Cairo' thrills and enthrall...

Desiring Cairo

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

The Heroes' Welcome

The Borough Press

HEROES WELCOME PB

Literary

My Dear I Wanted to Tell You

HarperCollins, Publishers

DEVOTION- PB

HARPER/COLLINS

Twelve Months and a Day

HarperCollins GB

You Left Early: A True Story of Love and Alcohol

‘Spectacular. I can’t stop thinking about it. Louisa Young is a beautiful, beautiful writer’ Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love 
This brutal, beautiful memoir from award-winning novelist Louisa Young is a heartbreaking portrayal of love, grief and the merciless grip of addiction. 
Louisa first met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their stop-start romance lasted decades, in which time he became a celebrated composer and she, an acclaimed novelist. Always snapping at their heels was Robert’s alcoholism, a helpless, ferocious dependency that affected his personality before crippling and finally, despite five years of hard-won sobriety, killing him. 
There are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is truly transcendent. It is at once a compelling portrait of a unique and charismatic man; a bittersweet reflection on an all-consuming love affair; and a completely honest and incredibly affecting guide to how the partner of an alcoholic can possibly survive when the disease rips both their lives apart. 
This is a hugely important book – raw and unflinching but also uplifting and elegiac, it should be essential reading for anybody who’s ever lost someone they loved.

Biographies & Memoirs

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