Lori & Joe
Published 2023
Paperback, 120 pages
Price: £12.00
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Quick take
Taking place over the course of a single day, yet revealing the secrets of a marriage of many decades, Lori & Joe is a sparse, intimate and deeply moving story of entrapment and isolation, and of a life in which desire is continually overcome by inertia: nothing changes and nothing is ever (re)solved.
Synopsis
Lori and Joe have lived in the Lake District for many years, in a quiet valley where one day is much like another. Bringing Joe his regular cup of coffee one morning, Lori finds him dead. She could call an ambulance, but what difference would it...
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Amy Arnold is a British author. In 2018 her debut novel Slip of a Fish was awarded the Northern Book Prize and subsequently published by And Other Stories. In 2019, it was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. Her second novel, Lori & Joe, was shortlisted for the same prize in 2023.
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Founded in 2019 by Jess Chandler, Prototype is a publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies and interdisciplinary projects. With an emphasis on producing unique and beautiful books, they are committed to championing the work of new voices in...
