Half a World Away by Mike Gayle

 

Strangers living worlds apart.
Strangers with nothing in common.

But it wasn’t always that way…

Kerry Hayes is single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaning houses she could never afford. Taken into care as a child, Kerry cannot forget her past.

Noah Martineau is a successful barrister with a beautiful wife, daughter and home in fashionable Primrose Hill. Adopted as a young child, Noah never looks back.

When Kerry contacts Noah, the sibling she lost on the day they were torn apart as children, she sets in motion a chain of events that will change both of their lives forever.

By turns funny and moving, Half a World Away is a story that will stay with you long after you read its final page.

Again I read this last year but haven't been on here and updated it.  My first Mike Gayle book and It was a good one. The story of broken families reuniting at a dark time in their life and offering support like no other.  Kerry and Noah were both really strong characters, from totally different backgrounds having being separated when they were young.  Kerry is determined to find her brother but their lives are so far apart and different but she needs him in her life as much as he needs her without realising it. I loved both of the characters and the story line and as the story grew so did the characters on me. At times the book was really sad and probably isn't one to read after a trauma and it did get to me but i thoroughly enjoyed it and will be looking out for more Mike Gayle books.  

Four stars from me.