Good Good Loving

Hardback Published on: 05/03/2026
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Synopsis

'MASSIVELY ENTERTAINING' BERNARDINE EVARISTO

'WARM, FUNNY, FULL OF HEART' DIANA EVANS, AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE

'PROFOUNDLY MOVING' ANTONIA HODGSON, AUTHOR OF THE RAVEN SCHOLAR

'ABUNDANT IN LOVE, HEART AND SOUL' LISA OWENS, AUTHOR OF NOT WORKING

'HUGELY SATISFYING' BIDISHA

'A TRIUMPH' LISA SMITH, AUTHOR OF JAMAICA ROAD

Ellen's beloved, beautiful, complicated family are gathered around her hospital bed as she prepares to slip away, and boy, is she ready. You'd think she could finally get some peace and quiet, but instead her children have chosen now of all times to have a never-ending discussion about her failings. Every single tiny thing they think she's done wrong over the years - and the one big thing too. After all the sacrifices Ellen has made for every last ungrateful one of them, they still take their father's side. If only they knew the whole story.

Full of big personalities, big mistakes, burning love and quiet heartbreak, Good Good Loving moves backwards in time through some of the most dramatic turning points in the life of Ellen and her family. Their story is as heartrending as it is joyous.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780349019697
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 218 x 138 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 400g
  • Languages: English

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Good Good Loving
Beautiful, heartbreaking and funny
Ellen is dying. In fact, she is on her deathbed. She is, in many ways, happy to go after a long life and while she cannot communicate with them, she has he... READ MORE
JosieG
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
Good Good Loving
Fantastic.
Oh what a wonderful book. Good Good Loving is funny, touching, and quietly subversive — a novel that lets its secrets slip out in small bursts of illuminat... READ MORE
Bookish Walker
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Good Good Loving
A light but thoughtful read.
I loved this book. It was refreshing. The author has written about a woman in the last days of life, she has lost consciousness, whilst she lies in her bed... READ MORE
Elizabeth  Aumeer
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Good Good Loving
An overall lighthearted story with some deep, poignant undertones.
What a fabulous read. I never tired of hearing Ellen’s stories. We start out at Ellen’s death bed with all her family around her. As she drifts in and out ... READ MORE
Bookandbrew
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Good Good Loving
beautiful and tender
Ellen is dying. Her family gather around, and though Ellen seems no longer to hear them, she does, and she hears what her family have to say about her and... READ MORE
Ben Dutton
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Good Good Loving
Toxic male characters, rather dull family
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. I did not enjoy this very much. I did not like the telling of the story from the... READ MORE
am/am/am
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Good Good Loving
Big, Boisterous Family Drama
Ellen is lying in her hospital bed, surrounded by her big, beautiful and complicated family, thinking back to the life she has lived as she takes her last ... READ MORE
nimrit rajasansi
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Good Good Loving
Family saga
I was concerned at first that this was going to be a book that was difficult to read with matriarch Ellen in the terminal stages of illness reflecting on h... READ MORE
jean
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Good Good Loving
A book full of joy and complexity
The book follows Ellen, starting at her death bed, moving through her life and ending just before her funeral. It is quite twisted from a time perspective ... READ MORE
Caroline Pember
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