{"product_id":"loved-one-9798217082612","title":"Loved One","description":"\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eLoved One\u003c\/i\u003e] is special...full of wildly astute, delectably thorny questions about love and loss and possession.\" --Maggie Shipstead, author of \u003ci\u003eGreat Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, via Instagram \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA warm, witty, and wise novel about a woman who goes looking for answers after her first love turned best friend dies unexpectedly, and winds up finding herself \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her first love and friend of more than a decade, Gabe, dies suddenly at twenty-nine, thirty-year-old Julia is launched onto an intercontinental quest to recover his lost possessions. Her journey takes her from Los Angeles to London to Barcelona, and into the murky realm of the past, a kaleidoscope that seems to offer more questions than answers about who Gabe really was, and who they were to each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt also sets Julia on a collision course with the last woman he loved, an effortlessly beautiful and impossibly cool restaurateur named Elizabeth, who insists on withholding Gabe's beloved guitar--one of the departed indie rock musician's dearest belongings--for reasons Julia can't understand. Both women, it turns out, have something to hide. Are Julia and Elizabeth friends, are they competitors, or are they bound by something deeper than their love of the same man? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn engrossing, transformative journey and a tender coming-of-age story with a complex and powerful love at its heart, \u003ci\u003eLoved One\u003c\/i\u003e is poised to become an instant classic. Written with crackling wit and deep compassion, it asks profound, resonant questions about life, love, and loss. What happens when we admit that the deepest feelings never die? And just how little \u003ci\u003edo \u003c\/i\u003ewe know about love--if it is, at the end of the day, all we really have? Full of revelations and emotional twists that keep the pages turning, \u003ci\u003eLoved One \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable novel that introduces Aisha Muharrar as a novelist deeply attuned to the sense of self and of home we find in our closest relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17306097\"\u003eAisha Muharrar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Large Print Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217082612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC049020\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black | Women\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAisha Muharrar\u003c\/b\u003e is the three-time Emmy-nominated writer and co-executive producer of the hit shows \u003ci\u003eHacks\u003c\/i\u003e (HBO), \u003ci\u003eThe Good Place\u003c\/i\u003e (NBC), and \u003ci\u003eParks and Recreation\u003c\/i\u003e (NBC), all of which have won her recognition in the category of Outstanding Comedy Series. Raised on Long Island, Aisha got her BA at Harvard, where she was vice president of \u003ci\u003eThe Harvard Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLoved One\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Large Print Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455609123053,"sku":"9798217082612","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b00b1af6-35e2-49ab-97ed-3c3219ebc2d8.jpg?v=1753532204","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/loved-one-9798217082612","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}