The Language of Love and Loss

<b>When his difficult mother is diagnosed with ALS, a sharp-witted yet sensitive artist named Noah York reluctantly returns to his New Hampshire hometown – and all the ghosts he left behind. Fans of Andrew Sean Greer, Jonathan Tropper, and Armistead Maupin will adore this outrageously funny, deeply touching, buoyant new novel from the award-winning author of <i>Leave Myself Behind.</i></b><br><br>As it turns out, you can go home again. But sometimes, you really, <i>really</i> don’t want to . . .<br><br>Home, for Noah York, is Oakland, New Hampshire, the sleepy little town where Noah’s mother, Virginia, had a psychotic<br>breakdown and Noah got beaten to a pulp as a teenager. Then there were the good times—and Noah’s not sure which ones are<br>more painful to recall.<br><br>Now thirty-seven and eking out a living as an artist in Providence, Rhode Island, Noah looks much the same—and swears just as<br>colorfully—as he did in high school. Virginia