The Language of Love and Loss

A Witty and Moving Novel Perfect for Book Clubs

Bart Yates

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Kensington Publishing
20 June 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Readers of Mad Honey will adore this clever, deeply touching, buoyant new novel from an award-winning author. When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown - and all the ghosts he left behind.

Readers of Mad Honey will adore this clever, deeply touching, buoyant new novel from an award-winning author. When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown - and all the ghosts he left 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.

By: Bart Yates
Imprint: Kensington Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781496741240
ISBN 10: 1496741242
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 20 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bart Yates is the Alex Award-winning author of novels including Leave Myself Behind, The Brothers Bishop, and The Third Hill North of Town, written as Noah Bly. He is also a musician, and plays clarinet, saxophone, and bass guitar. He lives in Iowa City, IA and can be found online at BartYates.com.

Reviews for The Language of Love and Loss: A Witty and Moving Novel Perfect for Book Clubs

Praise for Bart Yates: Yates effectively captures the honest, sometimes silly, often tender interactions between his fragile characters. -Booklist on Leave Myself Behind The next Holden Caulfield... Bart Yates' main character and narrator, Noah York, has Caulfield-style teenage authenticity. Noah's voice is more than just honest or original; it's real. -The Plain Dealer on Leave Myself Behind In his assured debut, Leave Myself Behind, Bart Yates wrung bittersweet romance and wry humor out of brutal fag-bashing and family secrets. His sad, witty follow-up, The Brothers Bishop, begins like a snappy beach read, but soon treads equally dark thematic waters. [Yates]... finds hard-won joy in hot-button issues. His compelling debut novel was no fluke. - Out With Leave Myself Behind, Bart Yates gives us both the laugh-out-loud and refreshingly sincere missing all these years. -Instinct Magazine One of the strengths of Yates's writing is his ability to work out complicated plot points and weave together the threads of the story in a dramatically effective manner. -Bay Area Reporter on The Brothers Bishop Brilliantly written and funny as hell. - Edge Boston on The Distance Between Us Absorbing. Brims with quiet intensity. - Publishers Weekly on The Distance Between Us