Description
| Product ID: | 9780008265205 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | You Left Early |
| Subtitle: | A True Story of Love and Alcohol |
| Authors: | Author: Louisa Young |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ‘Extraordinarily powerful’ Emma Thompson There are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is transcendent. ‘Extraordinarily powerful’ Emma ThompsonThere are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is transcendent.Louisa Young met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their stop-start romance lasted decades, in which time he became a celebrated composer and she, an acclaimed novelist.This is both a compelling portrait of a lifelong love affair, and an incredibly affecting guide to how the partner of a ''charismatic, infuriating, adorable, self-sabotaging’ alcoholic can find the strength to survive when the disease rips both their lives apart.‘Rich and moving and beautifully written’ The Times‘Spectacular. I can’t stop thinking about it’ Cathy Rentzenbrink‘Extraordinarily candid’ Evening Standard‘Beautiful, and heartbreaking, and true’ Sam Baker, The Pool‘Moving, harrowing and tirelessly empathetic’ Daily Express |
| Imprint Name: | The Borough Press |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-04-04 |
