Best Friends

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June cleans houses. Ray is a janitor at the public tennis courts in Dun Laoghaire. After lives spent picking up the pieces, hes not romantic material, and shes not even friend material. When it comes to learning how to be with other people at the age of 70 plus, they are unlikely companions, even more unlikely friends.

Ray looks a bit like Willie Nelson, June looks a bit like Chrissie Hynde. They've never fitted in before and they don't fit in now. They are just regular folk for whom the path towards love has been closed off. As understanding blossoms into friendship, June and Ray find themselves slowly rediscovering the joy that's been missing from their lives for so long.

The right person at the right time. June and Ray, this is your moment.

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"...another gorgeous exemplar of Andrew Meehan's exquisite, extraordinary prose, and his instinct for love and soul and life in all of its hues and heartaches." Lisa McInerney. "Stylish, very funny, and moving - he's a true original." Kevin Barry. "Polished prose that burns with wit and wonder." Sunday Independent. "Mesmerising, inventive, heart-wrenching, and brilliantly realised." The Irish Examiner. 'His writing is exceptional' Sunday Times

Author Bio

Andrew Meehan teaches writing at Strathclyde University. He has published three books, One Star Awake, The Mystery of Loveand Instant Fires and all of which received glowing reviews. He also writes screenplays and was for many years Head of Development at the Irish Film Board.