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Whatever You Love: Louise Doughty

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Synopsis:

Two police officers knock on Laura’s door. They tell her that her nine-year old daughter Betty has been hit by a car and killed. When justice is slow, Laura decides to take her own revenge and begins to track down the man responsible.

Laura’s grief reopens old wounds and she is thrown back to the story of her passionate love affair with Betty’s father David, their marriage and his subsequent desertion of her for another woman.

Haunted by her past and driven by her need to discover the truth, Laura discovers just how far she is prepared to go for love, desire and retribution.

Whatever You Love is a heart-wrenching and compulsive story from an acclaimed novelist writing at the height of her powers.

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Categorised as:

Fiction

Sub-categories:

General Fiction

Genres & Themes:

Grief; Guilt; Men & Women; Obsession; Revenge

Awards & Prizes:

Costa Novel Award - Shortlist 2010; Orange Prize for Fiction - Longlist 2011

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