Good Good Loving
Language: English
Published by Virago, 2026
- Hardcover
- New
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- Title
- Good Good Loving
- Author
- Edwards, Yvvette
- Publisher
- Virago
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 034901969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780349019697
*** The brilliant, witty and tender new novel from Booker Longlisted author, Good Good Loving brings to life the powerful story of a British-Caribbean family across five decades, held together by one woman's capacity for love. Perfect for fans of Monica Ali and Bernardine Evaristo ***
'SCORCHING, BRILLIANT, WITTY, SHOCKING'
BERNARDINE EVARISTO
'WARM, FUNNY, FULL OF HEART'
DIANA EVANS, AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
'POWERFUL, GRIPPING AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING'
ANTONIA HODGSON, AUTHOR OF THE RAVEN SCHOLAR
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Ellen's beloved, beautiful, complicated family are gathered around her hospital bed as she prepares to slip away, and boy, is she ready.
You'd think she could finally get some peace and quiet, but instead her children have chosen now of all times to have a never-ending discussion about her failings. Every single tiny thing they think she's done wrong over the years - and the one big thing too. After all the sacrifices Ellen has made for every last ungrateful one of them, they still take their father's side.
If only they knew the whole story . . .
Full of big personalities, big mistakes, burning love and quiet heartbreak, Good Good Loving moves backwards in time through some of the most dramatic turning points in the life of Ellen and her family, in a story that is as heartrending as it is joyous.
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PRAISE FOR GOOD GOOD LOVING . . .
'A scorching, brilliant, witty, shocking, spirited and psychologically penetrating novel about complicated family secrets, betrayals, hidden resentments and buried tragedies.' Bernardine Evaristo
'Wonderful. Richly textured, warm, funny, full of heart and very moving.' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People
'Sensational. A clever, funny and revelatory exploration of familial life with an unforgettable matriarch at its heart.' Irenosen Okojie, author of Curandera
'Good Good Loving is a wise, powerful, gripping and profoundly moving novel by a writer of exceptional talent.' Antonia Hodgson, author of The Raven Scholar
'Emotional, thoughtful, profoundly human, wise and good good fun.' Bidisha
'This is a story steeped in displacement, in the ache of leaving family and land behind, and it doesn't flinch from the heartbreak of internalized misogyny and pain that cuts across generations. . . And just when the story guts you, it turns around and makes you laugh' Ishi Robinson, author of Sweetness in the Skin
'An intimate family drama interwoven with the story of the British-Caribbean experience since Windrush, Good Good Loving surprised me, gripped me, made me laugh out loud, and also left me deeply moved. A triumph.' Lisa Smith, author of Jamaica Road
'As funny as it is heartbreaking. Original, warm, compassionate, angry, and unforgettable, this is Yvvette Edwards best book yet.' Sally-Anne Lomas, author of Live Like Your Head's On Fire
'Good Good Loving is gut-wrenching, funny, profound and abundant in love, heart and soul.' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working
'A tender, bracing portrait of a family bound by love and misunderstanding.' i paper
'Edwards tackles serious themes with a lightness of touch.' Spectator
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READERS LOVE GOOD GOOD LOVING . . .
'Outstanding. I devoured it.' *****
'Good Good Loving is funny, touching, and quietly subversive - a novel that lets its secrets slip out in small bursts of illumination, marking the way home.' *****
'Beautiful and tender.' *****
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