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lizzillia 's review for:
Hope Street
by Mike Gayle
Usual Mike Gayle full of wonderful characters that you care for. 20 something Connor is vulnerable with learning difficulties. He lives alone on Hope Street - the only resident left. Hope Street has been earmarked by the council for demolition. All the other occupants have left but not Connor - he is refusing to leave. Lila works for the local newspaper and her editor sends her to interview Connor. She gets drawn into his story because the reason he won’t move is that he is waiting for his mum to come home. Three years previous she walked out and never came back. He won’t move because when she comes back, how will she find him? We see his back story, the love his mum, Bernie, has for him. We see her story as well. The other characters just leap off the page. Alan, who works with Connor, Marcus who grew up with Connor and is his best friend, Adele who was thgirl who made Connor’s life a misery when he was at school. Connor is someone whose side you are on, you are drawn to him and the author sends you on an emotional rollercoaster. We even have romance. A lovely story and a true Mike Gayle.