{"product_id":"love-me-tender-semiotexte-native-agents","title":"Love Me Tender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter leaving her marriage, abandoning a successful legal career, and embracing life as a lesbian, a woman finds herself paying an unimaginable price. When her ex-husband wins primary custody of their young son, she is left to rebuild her life from almost nothing. Living in borrowed apartments, hotel rooms, and tiny rented spaces, she drifts through a series of brief relationships while grappling with profound loss, loneliness, and the demands of forging an authentic life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with startling honesty and emotional precision, \u003cem\u003eLove Me Tender\u003c\/em\u003e is a fearless autobiographical novel about motherhood, desire, freedom, and identity. Refusing sentimentality or easy answers, Constance Debré examines what it means to reject conventional expectations while insisting on the right to live truthfully. Spare, intimate, and uncompromising, it is a powerful meditation on love in all its forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstance Debré is a French novelist and former lawyer whose autobiographical fiction has earned international acclaim for its radical honesty and minimalist style. Since leaving her legal career in 2015, she has become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary French literature. \u003cem\u003eLove Me Tender\u003c\/em\u003e is translated from the French by Holly James.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSemiotext(e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 14, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e176\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Translated Fiction · LGBTQ+ Fiction · French Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781635901740\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45188964024502,"sku":"9781635901740","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781635901740.jpg?v=1781624544","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/love-me-tender-semiotexte-native-agents","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}