Half a World Away - by Mike Gayle (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><br><b>Strangers living worlds apart.</b><br><b>Strangers with nothing in common. </b><b>But it wasn't always that way...</b> <p/>Kerry Hayes is a single mom, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaning houses she could never hope to afford. Taken into foster care as a child, Kerry cannot ever forget her past. <p/>Noah Martineau is a successful lawyer with a beautiful wife, daughter and home in fashionable Primrose Hill. Adopted as a child, Noah always looks forward, never back. <p/>When Kerry reaches out to the sibling she lost on the day they were torn apart as children, she sets in motion a chain of events that will have life-changing consequences for them both. <br><b><br>Funny and moving, <i>Half a World Away</i> is a story that will stay with you long after you read its powerfully emotional, heartrending final page.</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Mike has a prodigious talent for writing completely relatable characters who draw you into their world and tug at your heart strings. <i>Half a World Away</i> is an absolute triumph and a joy to read. Once again Mike tackles complex and thorny issues with a confident and compassionate hand.--<i><b>Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things</b></i><br><br>Mike Gayle has such a talent for delving into hearts, minds and contemporary issues. <i>Half a World Away</i> is supremely poignant, uplifting and heartwarming in equal measure - as well as being a real page-turner.--<i><b>Sophie Kinsella, author of Surprise Me</b></i><br><br>These are people who matter, situations one can believe. Most readers will find themselves caring very much. A life-affirming read.<b></b><br>--<i><b>Vine</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Mike Gayle</b> was born and raised in Birmingham, UK. After graduating from Salford University with a degree in Sociology, he moved to London to pursue a career in journalism and worked as a Features Editor and agony uncle. He has written for a variety of publications including <i>The Sunday Times</i>, the <i>Guardian </i>and <i>Cosmopolitan</i>. <p/>Mike became a full time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his <i>Sunday Times</i> top ten bestseller <i>My Legendary Girlfriend</i>, which was hailed by the <i>Independent </i>as full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations, and by <i>The Times</i> as a funny, frank account of a hopeless romantic. Since then he has written thirteen novels including <i>Mr Commitment</i>, <i>Turning Thirty</i> and <i>The Man I Think I Know</i>. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. <p/>You can find him online at mikegayle.co.uk and on Twitter @mikegayle.
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