Love May Fail - Hardcover

Quick, Matthew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447247515 ISBN 13: 9781447247517

Publisher: Picador, 2015

Synopsis

From Matthew Quick, the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.

'Brilliant. compulsively readable. Love May Fail is as wholly transporting as any cinematic experience' GQ

Portia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her cheating husband and their posh Florida life, she finds herself transported back home and back to square one. In need of saving herself, she sets out to find and resurrect a beloved high-school English teacher who has retired after a violent incident in the classroom.

But she quickly learns that it's not a one-woman job. Luckily she meets a few people on her journey. Can Chuck, the handsome brother of Portia's old school friend, together with a sassy nun and a metal-head little boy, help Portia's chances in her bid for renewed hope in the human race?

It's going to be quite a ride.

Moving and funny, Love May Fail is about the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know deep down you are meant to be.

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Review:

Brilliant . . . compulsively readable . . . a plot that keeps you guessing . . . The emotional authenticity of his characters and their pitch-perfect Philly dialogue make it little wonder that his entire back catalogue has been optioned. But you don't need to wait for the film: Love May Fail is as wholly transporting as any cinematic experience. The blackly comic, quicksand tone of Vonnegut might be the presiding spirit, but Matthew Quick has a uniquely rewarding voice and one that, for his native Philadelphia, is creating a space in contemporary fiction all of its own. (GQ)

Quick excels at writing what he knows, and making readers feel intimately connected to his characters. Love May Fail also reflects his mastery of devising humorous dialogue, interlaced with rabid vulgarity. "The truth will set you free," Portia furiously states at one point "But first it will piss you off." Once a high-school English teacher himself, the author captures how painful it is to have a misguided student and feel powerless to help them. Portia recalls how Nate would end each school year optimistically by handing his students personalized Official Member of the Human Race cards, encouraging them to "make daring choices, work hard, enjoy the ride, and remember-you become exactly whomever you choose to be." You can almost see the movie poster now. (Wall Street Journal)

Darkly funny . . . readers will be engrossed (Publishers Weekly)

Quick, an ex-teacher, nails the symbiotic student-teacher relationship, with all of its attendant baggage, squarely on the head in this engaging slice-of-life dramedy with definite big-screen potential (Booklist)

An easy, enjoyable, and thoughtful read with laughs and tears along the way. Quick's devotees won't be disappointed. (Library Journal)

Complex and thought-provoking American comedy about love and the meaning of life (Daily Mail)

Inspiring . . . Matthew Quick has a way with wounded characters. (Boston Globe)

[One of] the seven books you have to read this summer. (Marie Claire)

Ultimate summer reading. (Good Housekeeping)

Quick nails it again with his quirky-but-damaged characters and gritty real-life stories - but this time, it's an ex-wife of a cheating pornographer, her hoarder of a mother, and her former high school English teacher both moving and delighting us. (Glamour)

Book Description:

The latest masterpiece from the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1447247515
• ISBN 13: 9781447247517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416