99 quot om Mike Gayle: 'For the rt of the day Hubert uldn't stop grng. He grned the lift on the way back down to the warehoe. He grned as he passed Mr Coulthard yellg at the new lads. And he grned all the more later when Kenh told him a very odd story about beg sent on a wild-goose chase to the fourth floor by a girl om Haberdashery.', 'Hubert tutted his disapproval and wonred how had taken him until now to make the nnectn between “the Eastern Europeans” certa newspapers loved to pla about and his own suatn all those years ago. It was the same story, only wh a different st of characters. People om one land g to another bee of the lack of opportuni their own, workg all the hours the sort of backbreakg jobs the nativ didn’t want to do. Day after day facg all manner of hostili, wonrg if they’d ma a mistake leavg home.', and 'It’s the bt feelg the world knowg there’s someone your rner. That no matter what and no matter how badly you ms up, they will always be on your si.'
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Buy Half a World Away: The heart-warmg, heart-breakg Richard and Judy Book Club selectn By Mike Gayle. Available ed ndn wh ee livery the UK. ISBN: 9781473687370. ISBN-10: 1473687373 * mike gayle half a world away *
9k followersMay 31, 2019This is the first ntemporary fictn novel that I have read by Mike Gayle, and I absolutely loved , spe the fact that I found myself emotnally wng out om the experience. An upliftg tale that is relatable and well is my send novel by Mike Gayle havg recently read The Man I Thk I Know which I also enjoyed. I love the ease of Mike Gayle books, they are well wrten, well round characters that the rear n nnect wh and a plot that is thought provokg and entertag.
Not one for my favor shelf however a worthwhile, 192 reviews1, 326 followersMarch 19, 2020There's been many tak on the tradnal tale of the different paths those of a certa upbrgg are able to take, that 's ttament to Mike Gayl strong wrg that I was stantly vted siblgs Kerry and Noah rnn after beg parted durg a trmatic mum Kerry trys her bt to support her young son Kian through var cleang jobs, whist Noah is a succsful barrister and happily married great that the chapters jump between the two POVs as both are nervo about meetg after Kerry fally reachg out through the adoptn I really liked the way both characters were picted, Kerry was the easit to like - her aquacy pared to her succsful younger brother was felt story about a fay rennectn will offer an emotnal punch and this novel certaly livered durg the fal third.