Mike Gayle has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 8 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.7★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Hope Family Calendar.
The Man I Think I Know
Summary
Some people just look destined for great things. And sometimes, life has other ideas. Ever since The Incident, James DeWitt has stayed on the safe side. He likes to know what happens next. Danny Allen is not on the safe side. He is more past the point of no return. But it's funny the way life is sometimes. Just when you think you know how everything is, it surprises you. And redemption can come in the most unlikely forms.... Warm, witty and wise, Mike Gayle's new novel is a powerful story of male friendship and what we mean by success, reminding us of the simple courage at the heart of every human life.
©2018 Pizza FTD Ltd (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
The Hope Family Calendar
Summary
Tom Hope is broken. Ever since his wife, Laura, died he hasn't been the same man and definitely not the same father. Luckily for Tom his mother-in-law, Linda, is around to pick up the pieces and look after his two struggling daughters, Evie and Lola. But Tom getting arrested on the first anniversary of his wife's death is the last straw for Linda. In a last bid attempt to make Tom reconnect with his daughters, she takes drastic action and leaves for Australia. With two fast-maturing daughters, Tom has to learn how to accept his responsibilities and navigate the newly discovered world of single fatherhood - starting immediately. With only himself to rely on, will Tom fall back into grief or finally step up and be the father his girls need?
©2016 Pizza Ftd. Ltd (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton
Wish You Were Here
Summary
After 10 years together, Charlie Mansell has been dumped by his live-in girlfriend, Sarah. All he wants to do is wallow in misery, but mates Andy and Tom have a better idea: a week of sun, sea, and souvlaki in Malia, party capital of the Greek islands. But Charlie and his mates aren't 18 any more. Or even under 30. And it shows....
©2007 Mike Gayle (P)2010 WF Howes Ltd
The Life and Soul of the Party
Summary
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. (Multiple narrators.)
©2008 Mike Gayle (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd
Half a World Away
Summary
The incredibly moving and uplifting new novel from the author of The Man I Think I Know. Kerry Hayes knows exactly who she is: a single mum, a cleaner and Mariah Carey's biggest fan. Noah Martineau thinks he knows who he is: a successful barrister, with a wife, daughter and big house in Primrose Hill. Strangers with nothing in common. Strangers living worlds apart. But it wasn't always this way...and Noah and Kerry are about to discover just who they really are.
©2019 Pizza FTD Ltd (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
The Importance of Being a Bachelor
Summary
Despite the example of their own parents' enduring marriage, the three Bachelor brothers show no signs of settling down. Adam has a string of unsuitable girlfriends; Luke bears the scars of a savage divorce; and Russell is in love with the one woman he can't have. When their father announces that he wants to try his hand at single life, everything is thrown into turmoil. Are the Bachelor brothers totally hopeless cases or just late starters?
©2010 Mike Gayle (P)2011 W F Howes Ltd