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Turning Thirty
Mike Gayle
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Description for Turning Thirty
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
Unlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. At last, he thinks his career, finances and love life are all sorted. But life has other plans, and after splitting up with his girlfriend Matt is forced to move back in with his parents.
This scenario soon has Matt feeling nostalgic, and desperate for some sanity. So, one by one, he tracks down his old school mates - the rest of the Magnificent Seven.
But when you're turning thirty nothing's as simple as it used to be.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444790122
SKU
V9781444790122
Shipping Time
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99-99
About Mike Gayle
MIKE GAYLE was born and raised in Birmingham. 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 The Sunday Times, the Guardian and Cosmopolitan. Mike became a full-time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend, which was hailed by the Independent as 'full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations', and by The Times as 'a funny, frank account of a hopeless romantic'. Since then he has written eighteen novels, including The Man I Think I Know, selected as a World Book Night title, and Half A World Away, selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2021, Mike was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association. He lives in Birmingham with his wife, kids and greyhound. You can find him online at mikegayle.co.uk and on Twitter @mikegayle.
Reviews for Turning Thirty
Not just readable, fresh and witty but sophisticated in execution . . . funny but also poignant
Independent on Sunday
Not just readable, fresh and witty but sophisticated in execution . . . funny but also poignant
Independent on Sunday
A warm, funny romantic comedy
Daily Mail
A warm, funny romantic comedy
Daily Mail
Mike Gayle has carved a whole new literary niche out of the male confessional novel. He's a publishing phenomenon
Evening Standard
Mike Gayle has carved a whole new literary niche out of the male confessional novel. He's a publishing phenomenon
Evening Standard
Delightfully observant nostalgia . . . will strike a chord with both sexes
She
Delightfully observant nostalgia . . . will strike a chord with both sexes
She
Mike Gayle manages to weave everything together with such a warm-the-cockles-of-your-heart manner that once you've finished reading Turning Thirty you want to turn right back to the beginning and start all over again. It's real life - but better than we know it
B Magazine
Mike Gayle manages to weave everything together with such a warm-the-cockles-of-your-heart manner that once you've finished reading Turning Thirty you want to turn right back to the beginning and start all over again. It's real life - but better than we know it
B Magazine
Funny and endearing . . . chuckle-on-the-bus readable
Heat
Funny and endearing . . . chuckle-on-the-bus readable
Heat
Independent on Sunday
Not just readable, fresh and witty but sophisticated in execution . . . funny but also poignant
Independent on Sunday
A warm, funny romantic comedy
Daily Mail
A warm, funny romantic comedy
Daily Mail
Mike Gayle has carved a whole new literary niche out of the male confessional novel. He's a publishing phenomenon
Evening Standard
Mike Gayle has carved a whole new literary niche out of the male confessional novel. He's a publishing phenomenon
Evening Standard
Delightfully observant nostalgia . . . will strike a chord with both sexes
She
Delightfully observant nostalgia . . . will strike a chord with both sexes
She
Mike Gayle manages to weave everything together with such a warm-the-cockles-of-your-heart manner that once you've finished reading Turning Thirty you want to turn right back to the beginning and start all over again. It's real life - but better than we know it
B Magazine
Mike Gayle manages to weave everything together with such a warm-the-cockles-of-your-heart manner that once you've finished reading Turning Thirty you want to turn right back to the beginning and start all over again. It's real life - but better than we know it
B Magazine
Funny and endearing . . . chuckle-on-the-bus readable
Heat
Funny and endearing . . . chuckle-on-the-bus readable
Heat