HALF A WORLD..

Heart-warming, Heart-breaking Novel

By Mike Gayle

Strangers living worlds apart. Strangers with nothing in common. But it wasn't always that way...

The Book:

Kerry lives in London with her young son, Kian. She has had a tough start in life – brought up in both foster and children’s homes after she and her younger brother, Jason were taken into care. Jason was adopted by a family and given a life of great privilege and wealth. He is now called Noah, is a successful barrister and lives in London with his wife and daughter.

 Kerry has written letters to Noah over the years, leaving them with the adoption services hoping that one day he will read them, and they can be reunited. The thing is, Noah keeps his past firmly locked away in a box inside his head, preferring instead to look forward and hasn’t ever been curious about his life before he was adopted as a toddler. When a letter from Kerry arrives at his home his interest is piqued, and he agrees to meet her – something which is life changing for both.

Noah’s ordered life is unravelling at the seams, his marriage is on the edge and added to that he discovers he has a sister he didn’t even know existed. Agreeing to meet Kerry is an uncharacteristic move but when his life is already upside down something to tether him to his roots may be just what he needs.

The differences between Noah and Kerry are stark. He is wealthy, has been privately educated, studied at University and dresses well. She left care at eighteen and went spectacularly off the rails and now cleans large houses owned by wealthy people.

 

The Book Reviewed:

Mike has a phenomenal talent for writing completely relatable characters who draw you into their world and tug at your heart strings. HALF A WORLD AWAY is an absolute triumph and a joy to read. Once again Mike tackles complex and thorny issues with a confident and compassionate hand.

He has such a talent for delving into hearts, minds and contemporary issues. HALF A WORLD AWAY is yet another one of his supremely moving and uplifting, heart-warming equal measure - and on top of all that, it's a real page-turner.

Being good at writing relatable characters going through big challenges. This is a warm-hearted book that deals with all kinds of issues - class, race, marriage - and brings a lump to the throat, too.

Gayle writes beautifully about fractured families and the unshakable power of love, in a book that is both heart-wrenching and inspiring, and full of the deeply relatable characters for which he's so well-known. This is a triumph of a novel, true and heartfelt, and you'll be in floods when you reach the poignant final page.

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