Mike Gayle Book Release! - Instagram Live

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Tuesday, Jul 13, 2021 11am-12pm

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Join Kevin and Mike Gayle on Instagram Live for a "Coffee with Mike" as they discuss his new book, ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE.

Life is certainly beginning to happen to Hubert Bird. . .

In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Birdpaints a picture of the perfect London retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But in reality Hubert's days are the same, dragging on in solitary isolation.

Until he receives some good news - which turns out to be the worst news ever - that will force him out again into a world he turned his back on: Hubert's daughter is coming for a visit.

Now Hubert faces a seemingly impossible task: to make his real life resemble his fake life before the truth comes out.
Along the way he stumbles across a second chance at love, renews a cherished friendship, and finds himself roped into an audacious community scheme that seeks to end loneliness once and for all.

With his earlier isolation always lurking in the shadows, will he ever get to live the life he's pretended to have for so long?

With a winning main character, this absolutely heartwarming story unfolds with just enough surprises and heft to keep readers engaged. A natural choice for fans of Helen Simonson's Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Frederik Backman's A Man Called Ove, or any of the myriad recent books about cranky men finding late-in-life joy.