Love, Love Me Do by Mark Haysom - ISBN: 9780349403892
Paperback
One man’s lies threaten his family’s dreams in 1963.

Love, Love Me Do

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    26 August 2014

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Summary

  1. The year the Beatles first top the charts. The year Martin Luther King has a dream. The year Truman Bird moves his family from their home in Brighton to a dilapidated caravan in the Ashdown Forest - then disappears.

Truman’s a charmer, a chancer, a liar. He’s always got away with it, too. But now he’s gone a dangerous step too far and only has one day to put things right - before he loses everything.

For Truman’s wife, Christie, life has not turned out the way she…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349403892
ISBN-10:0349403899
Author:Mark Haysom
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Piatkus Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:26 August 2014
Weight:300g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 29mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The book is bound to succeed. This novel is both original and stylish

Wonderful debut about love, betrayal, family and childhood - Sun

Haysom’s skilful debut…a highly readable novel with a warm heart - Independent on Sunday

The book is bound to succeed. This novel is both original and stylish - Irish Independent

Funny and heartbreaking - Good Housekeeping

This first novel places Haysom up there with the literary luminaries - Country Style

The characters in the novel are strongly drawn and engage the emotions. In just a word or two, Mark Haysom seems able to evoke the pain of a deserted parent or the fear of a little boy - We Love This Book

About The Author

Mark Haysom

Mark Haysom graduated from Leicester University and had a thirty-year career in newspapers, rising from trainee journalist to Managing Director of Mirror Group. In 2003, he moved into education as head of a large Government agency. In recent years, he has served on the boards of several charities dedicated to overcoming poverty, disadvantage, and addiction. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Leicester University in 2005 and the CBE in 2008. Mark lives in Brighton with his wife, Ann. This is his first novel.

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