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Give Me You

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Pub Date Jan 20 2026 | Archive Date Mar 11 2026


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Description

Four lives. Four perspectives. One web of memory, longing, and truth.

Hilda, Rose, Jake, and Seymour each tell their story in turn: a sharp-witted matriarch defying age and irrelevance, a lifelong activist clinging to love and ideals, a fading veteran confronting the betrayals of memory, and—at last—a voice from beyond the grave. Their narratives move between present-day reckonings and vivid flashbacks to youthful summers, political awakenings, and forbidden desires that never fully fade.

In Give Me You, award-winning author Kay Sloan offers a luminous, multi-voiced novel that spans decades of love affairs, family secrets, and the shifting terrain of memory itself.

Four lives. Four perspectives. One web of memory, longing, and truth.

Hilda, Rose, Jake, and Seymour each tell their story in turn: a sharp-witted matriarch defying age and irrelevance, a lifelong...


A Note From the Publisher

Kay Sloan is the author of two previous novels—Worry Beads (winner of the Ohioana Award for Best Fiction) and The Patron Saint of Red Chevys—and four American cultural histories—Looking Far North: The Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 1899 (with William H. Goetzmann), Not Without Honor: The Nazi POW Journal of Steve Carano, The Loud Silents: Origins of the Social Problem Film, and Elvis Rising: Stories on the King. She grew up in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, and the injustice of that time has penetrated many of her writings.

Kay Sloan is the author of two previous novels—Worry Beads (winner of the Ohioana Award for Best Fiction) and The Patron Saint of Red Chevys—and four American cultural histories—Looking Far North:...


Advance Praise

"Kay Sloan’s writing is literary and emotional. She uses wit and memory to explore how issues such as aging and desire influence a person. The story moves between past and present, often lingering in thoughts that feel raw and real. Hilda is funny, sharp, sometimes cruel, and fully alive. The author does a great job of portraying how people, especially women, lose social permission as they age, and how resistance shows up in unexpected ways. The multiple perspectives widen the emotional canvas, showing how politics, war, and personal choices travel across decades. Settings like homes, care facilities, and protests feel ordinary yet meaningful. Give Me You will appeal to readers who enjoy reflective adult fiction that tackles aging, memory, sexuality, and family tension without pretending the issues are simple." – Readers' Favorite

"Give Me You would be a great read for people who love character-driven stories and for anyone who wants a novel that honors aging without softening it. It is perfect for readers who enjoy family drama, sharp humor, and emotional complexity. I would hand this book to someone who likes stories that make you laugh in one breath and swallow hard in the next. Give Me You is a fierce and funny story that shines a bright light on the desires we never outgrow." – Literary Titan

"Kay Sloan’s writing is literary and emotional. She uses wit and memory to explore how issues such as aging and desire influence a person. The story moves between past and present, often lingering in...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798891329799
PRICE $26.99 (USD)
PAGES 120

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