{"product_id":"2940170328956","title":"You Left Early: A True Story of Love and Alcohol","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis brutal, beautiful memoir from award-winning novelist Louisa Young is a heartbreaking portrayal of love, grief and the merciless grip of addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouisa first met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their stop-start romance lasted decades, in which time he became a celebrated composer and she, an acclaimed novelist. Always snapping at their heels was Robert¿s alcoholism, a helpless, ferocious dependency that affected his personality before crippling and finally, despite five years of hard-won sobriety, killing him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is truly transcendent. It is at once a compelling portrait of a unique and charismatic man; a bittersweet reflection on an all-consuming love affair; and a completely honest and incredibly affecting guide to how the partner of an alcoholic can possibly survive when the disease rips both their lives apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a hugely important bookamp;mdash;raw and unflinching but also uplifting and elegiac, it should be essential listening for anybody who¿s ever lost someone they loved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104901349616,"sku":"2940170328956","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170328956_p0.jpg?v=1765232720","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170328956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}