{"product_id":"love-after-love-paperback","title":"Love After Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIngrid Persaud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stellar debut . . . about an unconventional family, fear, hatred, violence, chasing love, losing it and finding it again just when we need it most.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD - \"A wonder . . . [This book] teems with real, Trinidadian life.\"--Claire Adam, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEMI-FINALIST FOR THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE - One of the Best Books of the Summer: \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGoop \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eWomen's Day \u003c\/i\u003e- \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Betty Ramdin's husband dies, she invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo. Over time, the three become a family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in Mr. Chetan and learns a secret that plunges him into torment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSolo flees Trinidad for New York to carve out a lonely existence as an undocumented immigrant, and Mr. Chetan remains the singular thread holding mother and son together. But soon, Mr. Chetan's own burdensome secret is revealed, with heartbreaking consequences. \u003ci\u003eLove After Love\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates love and family in all its myriad meanings and forms, asking how we might exchange an illusory love for one that is truly fulfilling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn vibrant, addictive Trinidadian prose, \u003ci\u003eLove After Love\u003c\/i\u003e questions who and how we love, the obligations of family, and the consequences of choices made in desperation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLove After Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLove After Love\u003c\/i\u003e is gift after gift. An unforgettable symphony of love and loss, heartache and guilt, and the secrets and lies that pull us together, and tear us apart. Dazzlingly told in the most electrifying prose you will read all year.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eMarlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Leopard, Red Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book teems with real, Trinidadian life: neighbors so nosy they know your business before it happens; descriptions of food that'll have you googling recipes; feting and liming and plenty of sex. There's darkness here, too--violence, loneliness, moments of despair--and how Ingrid Persaud weaves all these elements together in one book, with so much warmth and humor and love for her characters, is a wonder.\"\u003cb\u003e--Claire Adam, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Trinidad, \u003cb\u003eIngrid Persaud\u003c\/b\u003e won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2017 and the BBC Short Story Award in 2018. She studied law at the London School of Economics and was a legal academic before earning degrees in fine art at Goldsmiths College and Central Saint Martins. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePree\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. Persaud lives in London and Barbados.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52546528117043,"sku":"9780593157589","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UWZTYkhFWlJGeXlVd0U1M3ZERjRHUT09.webp?v=1760990356","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/love-after-love-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}