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ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE

AuthorMike Gayle
Rating
Price896

'A heartwarming story about the power of community and human connection. Hubert Bird stole my heart' Beth O'Leary, author of The Flat-Share and The SwitchHubert Bird is not alone in being alone.He just needs to realise it.In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship and fulfilment.But Hubert Bird is lying.The truth is day after day drags by without him seeing a single soul.Until, that is, he receives some good news - good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that will force him out again, into a world he has long since turned his back on.Now Hubert faces a seemingly impossible task: to make his real life resemble his fake life before the truth comes out.Along the way Hubert stumbles across a second chance at love, renews a cherished friendship and finds himself roped into an audacious community scheme that seeks to end loneliness once and for all . . .Life is certainly beginning to happen to Hubert Bird. But with the origin of his earlier isolation always lurking in the shadows will he ever get to live the life he's pretended to have for so long?From bestselling author Mike Gayle, All the Lonely People is by turns a funny and moving meditation on love, race, old age and friendship that will not only charm and uplift, but also remind you of the power of ordinary people to make an extraordinary difference.'Timely and poignant...Mike Gayle's writing is beautiful and engaging and All the Lonely People is both heartbreaking and uplifting, devastating and thought-provoking. It is the kind of book you will want to press into the hands of everyone you know and tell them to read immediately' Heat'This poignant book flits between the present day and Hubert's early life as one of the Windrush generation. Heartbreaking, yet also uplifting and thought-provoking' i Paper

Publisher Hodder Paperbacks
Publication Date 04/02/2021
Number of Pages 368
Binding Paper Back
ISBN 9781473687417
Category Fiction , Romance and Love Stories

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