FINALLY FEELING HAPPY? WELL, WAIT FOR IT: MENOPAUSE WILL KICK IN AND ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE. OH, THE LIGHTNESS OF LIFE! 

A masterpiece on how to survive a heartbreak.

Remei is a renowned illustrator in her fifties who considers herself an attractive, happily married mother. But one evening, sitting in the back seat of the family car, she clearly predicts that her younger husband, a leading violinist in an orchestra, will fall in love with the second violinist. This devastating revelation leads Remei, a determined woman who has struggled to survive since childhood, to a harsh realisation of what it means to grow old inside. 

We go from laughter to a sharpness that exposes the pathetic side of life, to the point where we feel like stone statues in front of a story that unfolds with coldness and determination when it comes to recreating the anguish generated by the few alternatives the protagonist has left. 

Empar Moliner displays her literary talent in a moving and unforgettable story about friendship, the passage of time, forgiveness and the secret rawness - never spoken of and always played down - of menopause. 

Beloved is a book that explores the lightness in which the sweetest life suddenly turns upside down, a story through whose veins are running heartbreak, maturity and the loss of sexual fury. 

Translated from Catalan into English by Laura McGloughlin.