True Love

Paddy Crewe

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Doubleday
27 August 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction: special features

From the author of My Name is Yip, listed for five major literary awards, comes a novel that explores the question at the very centre of our experience - what does it mean to love?

'Empathetic, honest, compelling. I'll read anything Paddy Crewe writes.' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry

'True Love had me from its gorgeous, lyrical opening to its transcendent final pages. Paddy Crewe is an exceptionally gifted writer.' Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses

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What does it mean to love and be loved?

It is the 1980s and Finn and Keely are growing up in the North East of England.

Keely is a fighter. Even in the face of loss she strives to seek connection, but finds that she's not always searching in the right places.

Finn is quiet, sensitive, distant. He spends much of his time alone, yet deep down he wants to discover the thrill of relating to others.

When the two finally meet, everything is changed. Love - with all of its attendant joys and costs - is thrust upon them, and each must decide if they will bend or break under its pressure. True Love is a story of the trials of youth, the bonds of family and friendship, and of how much we are willing to risk to have ourselves be seen.

By: Paddy Crewe
Imprint: Doubleday
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 518g
ISBN: 9780857529978
ISBN 10: 0857529978
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 27 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paddy Crewe was born in Middlesbrough and studied at Goldsmiths. His debut novel, My Name Is Yip, has been shortlisted for the Betty Trask, the Wilbur Smith, a South Bank Sky Arts Award and The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize.

Reviews for True Love

Paddy Crewe's excellent second book will be one of the best things that you read all year . . . reveals Crewe's significant talent. * Observer * Remarkable…Crewe’s sensitivity to the tentacles of neglect in his characters is phenomenal. Time and again he captures a deep human truth. * Sunday Times * This slow-burn love story is gorgeously written, with two characters you won’t forget easily * Good Housekeeping * Invokes this sense of melancholy with true deftness . . . Crewe’s unabashed desire to move his readers is to be genuinely commended . . . A full-throated, heart-on-sleeve piece of storytelling * Guardian * Paddy Crewe writes with a lyrical, lonely prose that’s full of the kind of tenderness which both frightens and saves us * Minnie Driver *