Life and Soul of the Party

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It s their party

Meet Melissa and Paul: Five years after they split up he s still looking for love in all the wrong places while she wants the one thing she can t have: Paul.

Meet Chris and Vicky: They re so in tune they even brush their teeth in time with each other. So what is Chris doing risking it all for a meaningless affair

Meet Cooper and Laura: He wants to settle down, she wants to take a grown-up gap year but can their relationship really survive a year apart

Set across a year of leaving dos, birthday parties and anniversary celebrations The Life and Soul of the Party is a warm, funny and moving tale celebrating love, life and those special moments we ve all spent in the kitchen at parties.

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'Packed with drama, friendship, love and tragedy, this is a brilliant touching tale of what happens when real life catches up with us' -- Heat 20080826 'Moving and powerful' -- Daily Mirror 20080820 'What I love about Mike Gayle is the way he seamlessly blends humour and sensitivity - his books are always rip-roaringly funny, yet so humane too.' -- Freya North 20080820 'As you'd expect from Gayle, the laughs flow thick and fast, making this a top match for your sunny holiday spirits.' -- Glamour on WISH YOU WERE HERE 20080820 'An observant offering' -- Heat on WISH YOU WERE HERE 20080820 'This book explores the strength of friendship, getting older and settling down with forthright honesty and humour. Wise, witty and with endearing characters, this is a feel-good read with lots of laughs.' -- Woman on WISH YOU WERE HERE 20080820 'The prolific Mike Gayle knows a thing or two about the male psyche, and how not even an extended adolescence will prevent the pain from catching up in the end.' -- Herald on WISH YOU WERE HERE 20080820 'If we needed more proof that men don't think like women, then Wish You Were Here delivers it in extra strength doses ... A fun story of three 30 somethings as they come to rueful -- and thankful -- realisation that they are no longer 18.' -- Candis on WISH YOU WERE HERE 20080820 'This book makes great beach reading ... A heartwarming and funny tale.' -- Love It! 20080820 'A delightfully witty tale' -- Star 20080820 'This is Mike Gayle's sixth novel and his appeal lies in his ability to give even the most banal detail a lurid resonance, and to spell out the bleeding obvious in more ways than one could have thought possible. Yet the whole thing becomes almost hypnotically relaxing.' -- Sunday Telegraph 20080820

Author Bio

Previously an Agony Uncle, Mike Gayle is a freelance journalist who has contributed to a variety of magazines including FHM, Sunday Times Style and Cosmopolitan. He is the author of five previous bestselling novels.