02836cam a2200397 i 4500 2842186272 TxAuBib 20260817120000.0 r 260715s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781538720158 electronic bk. 1538720159 electronic bk. MWT19975222 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Gayle, Mike, author. All the Lonely People [Hoopla] / Mike Gayle. [United States : Grand Central Publishing, 2021. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (364 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping). In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But it's a lie. In reality, Hubert's days are all the same, dragging on without him seeing a single soul. Until he receives some good news-good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that will force him out again, into a world he has long since turned his back on. The news that his daughter is coming for a visit. Now Hubert faces a seemingly impossible task: to make his real life resemble his fake life before the truth comes out. Along the way Hubert stumbles across a second chance at love, renews a cherished friendship, and finds himself roped into an audacious community scheme that seeks to end loneliness once and for Life is certainly beginning to happen to Hubert Bird. But with the origin of his earlier isolation always lurking in the shadows, will he ever get to live the life he's pretended to have for so long? Mike Gayle was born and raised in Birmingham, UK. After earning a Sociology degree, he moved to London to become a journalist and ended up as an advice columnist for a teenage girls' magazine before becoming Features Editor for another teen magazine. He has written for a variety of publications including the Sunday Times, the Guardian, and Cosmo. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. African Americans Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Heritage Fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. fast hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14956429?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4534 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hbg_9781538720158_180.jpeg Cover image CLMPL