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[Loved One] is special. . . full of wildly astute, delectably thorny questions about love and loss and possession. Maggie Shipstead, New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle
Shimmers with wit even as it explores deep loss. Rachel Khong, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans
Julia is eighteen when she meets her rst-love-turned-close-friend, Gabe, at a party in Barcelona. Twelve years later, Julia meets Elizabeth, Gabe s most recent ex-girlfriend, at Gabe s funeral an interaction that leaves Julia with more questions than answers about Gabe and their shared history.
When Gabe s mother asks Julia to retrieve the sentimental objects her late son left in the London home he shared with Elizabeth, Julia leaps at the chance to track down her ex s ex and make sense of their brief encounter. Soon, the two women nd themselves in a complex dance of withholding and revelation. Both, it turns out, have something to hide.
An emotional mystery spanning years, continents, and relationship statuses, Loved One introduces Aisha Muharrar as a novelist intimately attuned to the intricacies of love, memory, and ambiguous loss. What happens when we admit that the deepest feelings never die? How do we reconcile various and sometimes contradictory truths about those closest to us? An engrossing, transformative coming-of-age story with a powerful love at its heart, Loved One is poised to become an instant classic.
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Aisha Muharrar is an Emmy Award-winning writer and Co-Executive Producer of the hit show Hacks (HBO). She was a writer for Parks and Recreation (NBC) for six seasons and has also written for The Good Place (NBC) and Sit Down, Shut Up (Fox). She hosted the video series Book Report for Amy Poehler s Smart Girls. Born in Connecticut and raised on Long Island, Aisha received her BA from Harvard. As a teenager, she wrote the nonfiction book More Than a Label. Loved One is her first novel.
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ss, and complicated relationships told with humor and compassion Boston Globe
Muharrar endears with her candid portrayal of messy emotions... This brims with insights into the blurry boundaries between love and friendship. Publishers Weekly
Readers will be immediately... captivated by Muharrar s skillful threading of alternating timelines to get the complete picture of [a] friendship... Muharrar s descriptions and scene settings are decadent. Library Journal
Loved One is special. This is the funniest book you ll ever read about grief, and it s full of wildly astute, delectably thorny questions about love and loss and possession. Maggie Shipstead, New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle
Loved One shimmers with wit even as it explores deep loss. What does it mean to love and lose? How do we undo and make each other? Aisha Muharrar asks enduring questions while acknowledging how funny they can be, too. This is a book I will be pressing, urgently, into the hands of my own loved ones. Rachel Khong, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans
Aisha Muharrar has written the type of book you don t just read, you consume. It s equal parts hilarious, poignant, and thrilling. I was so engrossed I forgot to pick my kids up from school, so I m also mad at her. Casey Wilson, actress, comedian, podcaster, and New York Times bestselling author of The Wreckage of My Presence
Warm-hearted, funny, and written with style and panache, Loved One is both wise and a pleasure to read. I tore through it, from page one until its moving final pages. A terrific novel. Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
