Mike Gayle: emotions you'll never forget, stories you'll want to share Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways. Twenty years later, mother-of-two-teenagers Helen is still in Manchester, a part-time primary teacher, stunned by the behaviour of her love-rat husband. In an old T shirt and scruffy jeans, she feels at the lowest point in her life. And suddenly, impossibly, Ben is standing on her doorstep. Tired maybe, lonely even, but clearly still the world-famous, LA-based multi-millionaire rockstar he has become. Can you ever go back? For Helen and Ben, so much has happened in the years between. But just to sit in the kitchen for a while and talk - that would be nice. Before the world comes crashing in. Friendship, love, heartache and hope collide in this unforgettable emotional journey, from the author of Half A World Away. Praise for Mike Gayle . . . 'Mike Gayle is so good at writing relatable characters going through big challenges' Sophie Kinsella, Daily Mail 'Mike Gayle's writing is wise, compassionate, and prone to making you cry' Sunday Express 'Accomplished and moving' Lisa Jewell