They’re Going to Love You: A captivating drama of betrayal and creative ambition

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A luminous chronicle of betrayal, sacrifice and creative ambition.’ The Observer

‘My idea of a perfect book … I cannot recommend it enough.’ Jami Attenberg

Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer like her mother Isabel. She only gets to see her father Robert, and his brilliant but troubled partner James, for a few precious weeks a year when she visits their enchanted apartment in Greenwich Village. James educates her in all that he holds dear in life: literature, music, and most of all, dance. As the years go by, Carlisle is desperate to be asked to stay permanently, even as AIDS brings devastation to their community. Instead, a passionate love affair creates a rift between them, with devastating consequences that reverberate for decades to come. Nineteen years later, Carlisle receives a phone call which unravels the fateful events of her life . . .

They’re Going to Love You is a gripping and gorgeously written novel of heartbreaking intensity. With psychological precision and a masterfully revealed secret at its heart, it asks what it takes to be an artist, and the price of forgiveness, of ambition, and of love.

‘Compelling and captivating, I was unable to put it down.’ Lisa Harding

‘A deeply felt (late) coming-of-age tale about purpose and love’ The i Paper

‘Howrey deftly jumps through decades and lives to write a taut, moving evocation of the love and hurt contained within families and the difficulty of forgiveness.’ Mail on Sunday

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