Loved One: The stylish, witty and poignant debut about love and loss

‘THE FUNNIEST BOOK YOU’LL EVER READ ABOUT GRIEF’ MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD

‘PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE MESSINESS, HEARTACHE AND BEAUTY OF GRIEF’ RED MAGAZINE

‘For years I’d known exactly who I was to Gabe. It was a long story but I could tell it confidently, like a bartender sharing a recipe for her signature cocktail. Now things were so jumbled, I didn’t know where to begin…’

When Julia’s first-love-turned-close-friend Gabe, a successful indie musician, dies unexpectedly aged 29, Julia is launched into an intercontinental quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world.

The search for these items leads Julia to Elizabeth, the last woman Gabe loved, in an interaction that leaves Julia with more questions than answers. Both women, it turns out, have something to hide, and soon find themselves engaged in a complex dance of withholding and revelation.

Together, the two must reconcile their conflicting memories of Gabe and who he was to each of them…and who they now are to each other.

From the Emmy Award-winning writer behind Hacks and Parks and Recreation, Loved One is a wise, witty and profoundly moving coming-of-age story with a powerful love at its heart, set to become an instant classic.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fourth Estate
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 14 Aug. 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0008617848
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008617844
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 540 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.9 x 3.8 x 24 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 4,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 206 in Women’s Literary Fiction (Books) 610 in Literary Fiction (Books) 776 in Romantic Comedy (Books)
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