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Mike Gayle

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

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Title	:	Brand New Friend
Author	:	Mike Gayle
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	May 22nd 2006 by Hodder & Stoughton (first published September 12th 2005)
Categories	:	Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Fiction. Contemporary. Romance. Humor. Novels. Adult

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Finding friends is hard to do...When thirty-two-year-old Rob Brooks's long term girlfriend asks him to leave London and live with her in Manchester not only will it mean moving cities and changing the only job he's ever had, it'll also mean leaving behind his best mate in the entire world, Phil Clarke. Believing in love conquering all Rob takes the plunge and convinced of his ability to make new friends Rob tries his best to sort out the situation. But when six months in he still finds himself without even so much as a regular drinking buddy he begins to realise that sometimes making friends in your thirties can be the hardest thing to do. With this is mind Rob begins a strategy that though risky has the potential to deliver the one thing he wants: a brand new friend. His strategy? Advertising in a classified ad in a Manchester magazine. After three excruciatingly embarrassing "bloke dates" Rob begins to despair. But then his luck changes. He finds himself a brand new friend. But there's a problem. Apart from knowing less than nothing about music trivia, football and supermodels vital statistics Rob's new friend has one huge flaw. She's a girl.

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Original Title:	Brand New Friend
ISBN:	0340825405 (ISBN13: 9780340825402)
Edition Language:	English

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'Do you want to hear an interesting fact?' said Jo. 'Eskimos apparently have over fifty different words for snow. Snow's really important to those guys - I suppose it's because sometimes the difference between one type and another can mean the difference between life or death.' She paused and laughed self-consciously. 'You know they've got words for dry snow and wet snow, fluffy snow and compact snow. They've got words for snow that comes down fast and for snow that comes down slow - they've

Like all of Mike Gayles books, this one gets a big fat 5 stars! I stayed up way too late reading this book because I just couldnt put it down, and when I was done I could hardly sleep because my heart was aching and I was still crying.I think this one hit home for me more than others because its a story about a guy who moves to another city to be with his girlfriend. He has no friends there and in his early 30s he finds it incredibly difficult to make any. Hes lonely and feels out of place until

Great read if you're into observational humor about woman/man friendship with a very fitting end.

The thing I like about Mike Gayle's books is that all his characters feel real - like you could meet any of them at work or on a night out - and this book is no exception. Following the story of Rob, who leaves his close circle of friends behind to join his girlfriend who lives miles away in Manchester, we meet Jo, the brand new friend of the novel's title. Rob and Jo hit it off immediately but there is the slight issue that Jo is a girl... There are a few misunderstandings and mishaps and at

One of my favourite authors earlier novels and this did not fail to disappoint. Great writing, believable story.

Great read if you're into observational humor about woman/man friendship with a very fitting end.

A bit of a slow start, which had me doubting I'd like this book. It turned out to be a nice, easy (and endearingly mid 00's-dated) read, though, with a not-too-obvious ending. The epilogue was pretty bad, but oh well.