The voice of Noah York�a smart, outspoken, complicated artist reluctantly returning to his New Hampshire hometown and all the ghosts he left behind�rings with absolute authenticity in this poignant and witty novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of Leave Myself Behind. As it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, really don�t want to . . . Home, for Noah York, is Oakland, New Hampshire, the sleepy little town where Noah�s mother, Virginia, had a psychotic breakdown and Noah got beaten to a pulp as a teenager. Then there were the good times�and Noah�s not sure which ones are more painful to recall. Now thirty-seven and eking out a living as an artist in Providence, Rhode Island, Noah looks much the same�and swears just as colorfully�as he did in high school. Virginia has become a wildly successful poet who made him the subject of her most famous poem, �The Lost Soul,� a label Noah will never live down. And J.D., the one who got away�because Noah stupidly drove him away�is in a loving marriage with a successful, attractive man whom Noah despises wholeheartedly. Is it any surprise that Noah wishes he could ignore his mother�s summons to come visit? But Virginia has shattering news to deliver, and a request he can�t refuse. Soon, Noah will track down the sister and extended family he never knew existed, try to keep his kleptomaniac cousin out of jail, feud with a belligerent neighbor, confront J.D.�s jealous husband�and face J.D. himself, the ache from Noah�s past that never fades. . . . All the while, contending with his brilliant, unpredictable mother. Bittersweet, hilarious, and moving, and as unapologetically candid and unforgettable as Noah himself, The Language of Love and Loss is a story about growing older, getting lost�and finding your way back to the only truths that really matter.
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