{"product_id":"9780571339563","title":"Love Forms : Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 by Adam, Claire","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Adam, Claire\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 24 | 254g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE ENCORE AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE JHALAK PRIZE 'A quietly devastating masterpiece.' MARIAN KEYES'Adam is a master storyteller.' SARA COLLINS'Exquisitely written ... compelling and tender.' MONIQUE ROFFEYIn the heart-aching new novel from the author of the award-winning Golden Child, a mother searches for the daughter she left behind a lifetime ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dawn Bishop was sixteen, she left her home in Trinidad and journeyed across the sea  to Venezuela. There, she gave birth to a baby girl and returned to Trinidad alone. Dawn tried to carry on with her life: a move  to England, a marriage, two sons and a divorce.  But she never stopped thinking of her daughter and of what might have been. Forty years later, a woman gets in touch on an internet forum, claiming that she might be her long-lost daughter. Dawn dares to hope that this may be a way back to her past. Could she finally give form to all the love and care a mother has left to offer?'Reads like a Claire Keegan short story expanded by Elizabeth Strout.'THE TIMES '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.'SARA COLLINS'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.'MONIQUE ROFFEY'An arresting voice that made me think of silk: its delicate beauty belies its intrinsic strength.'CLAIRE KILROY'A compelling read taking us to the heart of difficult family situations and evocative secret places.'ROMESH GUNESEKERA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58314411114877,"sku":"9780571339563","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/6525\/8945\/files\/9780571339563.jpg?v=1782297582","url":"https:\/\/www.booknookshop.co.uk\/es\/products\/9780571339563","provider":"The Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}