PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Matt Cain is an author, a leading commentator on LGBT+ issues, and a former journalist. He is currently a presenter for Virgin Radio Pride UK, was Channel 4's first Culture Editor, Editor-In-Chief of Attitude magazine, and has judged the Costa Prize, the Polari Prize and the South Bank Sky Arts Awards. He won Diversity in Media's Journalist Of the Year award in 2017 and is an ambassador for Manchester Pride and the Albert Kennedy Trust, plus a patron of LGBT+ History Month. Born in Bury and brought up in Bolton, he now lives in London.
I had to read it in one sitting. I loved it! Really heart-warming and joyful, but also so poignant. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's such a beautifully authentically told story with vivid characters and you will miss them when you reach the end. * LORRAINE KELLY * 'Albert is such an endearing character - flawed, funny and awkward, but completely relatable. I wanted to give him a good shake and then a huge hug. This is a wonderfully warm story that completely drew me in' * RUTH HOGAN * Prepare to fall in love with Albert Entwistle! Touching and tender. * S. J. WATSON * A total triumph . . . Romantic and heartbreaking and uplifting all at once * LAURA KAY * Albert is delightful and charming, and the book is too. * JONATHAN HARVEY * A bright, clear, sharply intelligent writer * JENNY COLGAN * Wonderful. Written with such a good heart, filled with joy and strength and optimism. Like the best fiction, it's real; Albert's fears, the sour legacy of his parents, his colleagues' kindness, George flourishing from boy to man . . . It's inventive and fun but, most importantly, true. * RUSSELL T. DAVIES * This rollicking love story entrapped me, chapter by chapter. True in its detail and its scope, it is amusing yet heart-breaking. It will encourage tentative young gay people and reassure their parents. Its passionate declaration? That it's never too late to enjoy being yourself. * IAN McKELLEN * Beautiful . . . You will weep and yet have your heart filled with joy * ARLENE PHILLIPS * Tender, witty, uplifting . . . I love it! * KATE EBERLEN * 'What a beautiful, wonderful, life-affirming treat of a book. I challenge you not to fall in love with Albert from the very start! * CHARLIE CONDOU * 'Wonderful . . . A love story that will have every reader cheering on Albert from the sidelines. An utter treat' * KATE MOSSE * 'Brilliant . . . [I] recommend to all!' * MATT LUCAS * Albert is the most delicious character and you'll be with him every step of the way as he begins to live the life he always should have. * Sun * It'll put a smile on everyone's face. * Michael Ball, Radio 2 * 'A charming adventure with love at its heart.' * My Weekly * 'A life affirming story of lost love and the reality of being gay in the Seventies.' * That's Life * 'A unique and moving story.' * Candis *
