Good Good Loving

*** The brilliant, witty and tender new novel from Booker Longlisted author, Good Good Loving brings to life the powerful story of a British-Caribbean family across five decades, held together by one woman's capacity for love. Perfect for fans of Monica Ali and Bernardine Evaristo ***

'SCORCHING, BRILLIANT, WITTY, SHOCKING'
BERNARDINE EVARISTO

'WARM, FUNNY, FULL OF HEART'
DIANA EVANS, AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE

'POWERFUL, GRIPPING AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING'
ANTONIA HODGSON, AUTHOR OF THE RAVEN SCHOLAR
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Ellen's given her life to her family. She's spent years loving the same honey-voiced man, building a home full of laughter, love and warmth.

Her life has been hard, but she's made the best of it.
So why are her children so angry with her?

Full of big personalities, big mistakes, burning love and quiet heartbreak, Good Good Loving moves backwards in time through some of the most dramatic turning points in the life of Ellen and her family, in a story that is as heartrending as it is joyous.
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PRAISE FOR GOOD GOOD LOVING . . .

'A scorching, brilliant, witty, shocking, spirited and psychologically penetrating novel about complicated family secrets, betrayals, hidden resentments and buried tragedies.' Bernardine Evaristo

'Wonderful. Richly textured, warm, funny, full of heart and very moving.' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People

'Sensational. A clever, funny and revelatory exploration of familial life with an unforgettable matriarch at its heart.' Irenosen Okojie, author of Curandera

'Good Good Loving is a wise, powerful, gripping and profoundly moving novel by a writer of exceptional talent.' Antonia Hodgson, author of The Raven Scholar

'Emotional, thoughtful, profoundly human, wise and good good fun.' Bidisha

'This is a story steeped in displacement, in the ache of leaving family and land behind, and it doesn't flinch from the heartbreak of internalized misogyny and pain that cuts across generations. . . And just when the story guts you, it turns around and makes you laugh' Ishi Robinson, author of Sweetness in the Skin

'An intimate family drama interwoven with the story of the British-Caribbean experience since Windrush, Good Good Loving surprised me, gripped me, made me laugh out loud, and also left me deeply moved. A triumph.' Lisa Smith, author of Jamaica Road

'As funny as it is heartbreaking. Original, warm, compassionate, angry, and unforgettable, this is Yvvette Edwards best book yet.' Sally-Anne Lomas, author of Live Like Your Head's On Fire

'Good Good Loving is gut-wrenching, funny, profound and abundant in love, heart and soul.' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working

'A tender, bracing portrait of a family bound by love and misunderstanding.' i paper

'Edwards tackles serious themes with a lightness of touch.' Spectator
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READERS LOVEGOOD GOOD LOVING . . .

'Outstanding. I devoured it.' *****

'Good Good Loving is funny, touching, and quietly subversive - a novel that lets its secrets slip out in small bursts of illumination, marking the way home.' *****

'Beautiful and tender.' *****

Good Good Loving features in the following genres: General Fiction, Family Drama

Good Good Loving is available in Paperback, Hardback

Good Good Loving was written by Yvvette Edwards and published by Virago an imprint of Little, Brown

Good Good Loving has 288 pages

£9.89