Description
Product ID: | 9781529032390 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | If I Can't Have You |
Authors: | Author: Charlotte Levin |
Page Count: | 416 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense fiction, Modern and Contemporary romance, Thriller / suspense, Adult & contemporary romance, London, Greater London, c 2010 to c 2020 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A moving and gripping novel featuring a young woman running from her past. <p><b>'One of the <u>best books</u> I’ve ever read' Ruth Jones</b><br><b><br>'<u>This is superb</u> . . . and compulsive and disturbing and very well done indeed' Harriet Tyce, author of <i>Blood Orange</i><br></b><br><b><i>_______________________________________</i></b><br><b><br><i>If I Can't Have You</i> by Charlotte Levin is an all-consuming novel about loneliness, obsession and how far we go for the ones we love.</b><br><br><i>My name is Constance Little.</i><br><i>This is my love story.</i><br><i>But this isn’t the way it was supposed to end.</i><br><br>After fleeing Manchester for London, Constance attempts to put past tragedies behind her and make a fresh start. When she embarks on a relationship with the new doctor at the medical practice where she works, she’s convinced she’s finally found the love and security she craves.<br><br>Then he ends it. <br><br>But if life has taught her anything, it’s that if you love someone, you should never let them go.<br><br>That's why for Constance Little, her obsession is only just beginning . . .<br><br><b><i>_______________________________________</i></b><br><br><br><b>'An exceptionally raw and visceral and <u>painfully funny novel</u>' Emma Flint, author of <i>Little Deaths</i></b><br><br><b>'<u>Brilliant</u>. A perfect and completely terrifying depiction of heartbreak and obsession' Sarah Powell</b><br><br><b>'A blackly comic but <u>heartfelt story of love and loneliness</u>, with an endearing and damaged heroine' <i>Sunday Mirror</i></b><br><br><b>'A darkly comic and <u>beautifully written</u> debut novel’ <i>Woman</i></b><br><br><b>‘Blackly comic, heartrendingly sad – a <u>brilliant debut novel</u>’ <i>Best</i></b><br><br><b>'<u>Compulsively readable</u> and darkly funny with pin-sharp characterisation’ Laura Marshall, author of <i>Friend Request</i></b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Mantle |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-07-09 |