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A review by milenatadic
All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle
5.0
This book was not only heart-warming, but also heart-wrenching. It played with my emotions big time, but lucky for me, I like to ride the roller-coaster of emotions. It’s my favorite.
In this story, we follow an older Jamaican man, called Hubert Bird, who lives alone in Bromley (London) with his cat, Puss. After the death of his biggest love & late wife Joyce, the only communication Hubert does, is with his daughter Rose that lives in Australia. They talk on the phone each week, to fill each other on the everyday lives.
Hubert doesn't want to worry Rose about his loneliness, and his lack of human contact, so he makes up exciting scenarios of his day-to-day life, including his three best mates, that don't even exists. The problem occurs when Rose plans a trip back home to visit her dad. She wants to meet his friends.
Hubert has now only a couple of months to get back into the real world, and to cure his loneliness.
Switching between "Then" & "Now” chapters, we get to go along Hubert's journey from moving to England from Jamaica, and how hard that was under a time where racism was flourishing. We get to see what love and hard work feels like. We get ups and downs. We get lots of loneliness, but also a light in the end of the tunnel. Community..
In this story, we follow an older Jamaican man, called Hubert Bird, who lives alone in Bromley (London) with his cat, Puss. After the death of his biggest love & late wife Joyce, the only communication Hubert does, is with his daughter Rose that lives in Australia. They talk on the phone each week, to fill each other on the everyday lives.
Hubert doesn't want to worry Rose about his loneliness, and his lack of human contact, so he makes up exciting scenarios of his day-to-day life, including his three best mates, that don't even exists. The problem occurs when Rose plans a trip back home to visit her dad. She wants to meet his friends.
Hubert has now only a couple of months to get back into the real world, and to cure his loneliness.
Switching between "Then" & "Now” chapters, we get to go along Hubert's journey from moving to England from Jamaica, and how hard that was under a time where racism was flourishing. We get to see what love and hard work feels like. We get ups and downs. We get lots of loneliness, but also a light in the end of the tunnel. Community..