{"product_id":"love-forms","title":"Love Forms","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA quietly devastating masterpiece . . . I can't remember the last time a book has gripped and moved me in this way. I rarely cry, but I howled. This is a standout novel.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMARIAN KEYES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award-winning\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGolden Child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrinidad, 1980: Dawn Bishop, aged 16, leaves her home and journeys across the sea to Venezuela. There, she gives birth to a baby girl, and leaves her with nuns to be given up for adoption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDawn tries to carry on with her life - a move to England, a marriage, a career, two sons, a divorce - but through it all, she still thinks of the child she had in Venezuela, and of what might have been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, forty years later, a woman from an internet forum gets in touch. She says that she might be Dawn's long-lost daughter, stirring up a complicated mix of feelings: could this be the person to give form to all the love and care a mother has left to offer?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'From the very first page, I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller. An utterly arresting tale of love and grief, of the wounding and healing powers of family, of the many guises of a mother's love. It's an absolute triumph.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSARA COLLINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Exquisitely written. A compelling and tender story of what - and who - is hidden in almost every family that feels as old as the hills and yet acutely contemporary.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONIQUE ROFFEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An arresting voice that made me think of silk: its delicate beauty belies its intrinsic strength.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLAIRE KILROY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A compelling read taking us to the heart of difficult family situations and evocative secret places.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROMESH GUNESEKERA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55444434616693,"sku":"9780571339549","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/37c2ed3b-5857-4955-b9ac-338b355dd812.jpg?v=1748859792","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/love-forms","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}