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A Song of Me and You
- Author
- Mike Gayle
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 24 August 2023
- Run Time
- 10 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways.
Twenty years later, mother-of-two-teenagers Helen is still in Manchester, a part-time primary teacher, stunned by the behaviour of her love-rat husband. In an old T shirt and scruffy jeans, she feels at the lowest point in her life.
And suddenly, impossibly, Ben is standing on her doorstep. Tired maybe, lonely even, but clearly still the world-famous, LA-based multi-millionaire rockstar he has become.
Can you ever go back?
For Helen and Ben, so much has happened in the years between. But just to sit in the kitchen for a while and talk - that would be nice.
Before the world comes crashing in.
Friendship, love, heartache and hope collide in this unforgettable emotional journey, from the author of Half A World Away.
(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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Mike Gayle creates real, warm characters you will recognise. Amid real human dilemmas, the heart and goodwill always shines through
Jojo Moyes
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A Song of Me and You is vintage Mike Gayle! It's full of relatable characters and as Mike takes us on a journey through all their high and lows and we're with them every step of the way. A Song of Me and You is a wonderful story about the things that really matter in life - family, friendship and falling in love - and a poignant reminder to cherish them while we can. It's the perfect book to celebrate Mike's 25 years as an author!
Ruth Hogan
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Poignant and powerful. Gorgeous!
Milly Johnson
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Poignant, uplifting and utterly charming, I was swept away by Ben and Helen's story, equal parts relatable and fantastic but always, always pulling on my heart strings. Mike Gayle, then, now and forever one of the best
Lindsey Kelk
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Moving, uplifting, unforgettable. Mike always writes from the heart and creates stories we fall in love with
Lisa Jewell
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Funny, real and unexpected, a story that will keep you hooked to the very last page
Alexandra Potter
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A Song of Me & You is a heartbreaking and utterly compelling second-chance love story. Brimming with emotion, it has much to say about loss, loyalty, and the power of self-belief. An unforgettable read
Holly Miller
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This second-chance romance comes from the sure hands of Mike Gayle, known for his ability to pluck the heartstrings
Daily Mail
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Public service announcement: Mike Gayle's latest is going to toy with your emotions, churn you up, and spit you out - but it's totally worth it . . . powerful storytelling and well-drawn characters
Heat
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Gayle's 19th novel is a rollercoaster of emotion - wise, insightful and bittersweet in the best of ways
CultureFly
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A joyful celebration of life, it's also a study in grief, second chances, and what can happen when you truly believe in yourself.
Heat
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Tender and unforgettable
Woman and Home
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A wonderful story about first love and second chances
Good Housekeeping
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A glorious story about the power of love, friendship and roots
Sun
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Wonderful
Prima
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Emotional and engrossing, do not miss this top read
Fabulous
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With Gayle's ability to illustrate how people are thinking and feeling, this is a story of love and friendship, heartache and hope
My Weekly
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Mike Gayle's stunning novel takes the reader on a journey of joyful highs and heartbreaking lows
Sunday Express
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Touching, funny, beautifully characterised and undeniably romantic, this may be the escapist pageturner of the summer
The Sunday Times
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Mike Gayle is a natural storyteller, he gifts us these fully rounded, painfully honest characters and allows us to live with them for a short period of time but that's enough to care about them and to almost grieve when we reach the end of the novel and have to say goodbye to them, hoping things will be OK. His books may be fiction, but the themes he writes about are real and the issues and questions raised are those that we face day to day.
The Leader
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An absolutely wonderful read - a gorgeous, touching story with characters you root for fervently
Tracy Rees
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This was wonderful, and a testament to true friendship.
Prima (Book of the Year 2023 roundup)
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Details
- Author
- Mike Gayle
- Narrator
- Chris Machari, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
- Duration
- 10 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529344837
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Romance, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
Mike Gayle: emotions you'll never forget, stories you'll want to share.Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways.Twenty years later, mother-of-two-teenagers Helen is still in Manchester, a part-time primary teacher, stunned by the behaviour of her love-rat husband. In an old T shirt and scruffy jeans, she feels at the lowest point in her life.And suddenly, impossibly, Ben is standing on her doorstep. Tired maybe, lonely even, but clearly still the world-famous, LA-based multi-millionaire rockstar he has become.Can you ever go back?For Helen and Ben, so much has happened in the years between. But just to sit in the kitchen for a while and talk - that would be nice.Before the world comes crashing in.Friendship, love, heartache and hope collide in this unforgettable emotional journey, from the author of Half A World Away.(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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