At a Loss for Words: A Post-Romantic Novel
By Diane Schoemperlen
Maia Press £8.99, 200 pages
FT Bookshop price: £7.19

When a writer runs into an old flame, her first love becomes her new love. But back at her desk our unnamed narrator finds she has writer’s block – and that long-distance love isn’t straightforward. Soon, she can write nothing apart from to question what her boyfriend is thinking, what he is hoping for, how he will choose to return the attention, love and concern she offers.