Best Friends

‘A joy to read…perfectly pitched to be a word-of-mouth summer hit’ John Self, The Times
‘Feel good perfect summer reading’ Irish Times
‘A radiant novel…achingly romantic’ Irish Independent
‘Deliciously deceptive, flawed and perversely personable characters’ Sunday Post

‘Normal People with Pensioners. This is a tender miracle of a book… This book will stay with you long after you turn the final page’ Andrea Gibb screenwriter of Miss Austen and Mayflies

‘Funny, beautifully crafted and sparkling with characters that are so easy to fall in love with. Andrew Meehan is a wonderful writer’ Caroline O’Donoghue author of The Rachel Incident

‘A beautiful, tender and insightful novel, full of heart with dazzling prose’ Rachelle Atalla author of The Salt Flats

 

ÔFunny, beautifully crafted and sparkling with characters that are so easy to fall in love with.ÊAndrewÊMeehan is a wonderful writerÕ. Caroline OÕDonoghue author of The Rachel Incident. 'A beau

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Description

Is it ever too late to find love?

June cleans houses. Ray is a janitor at the public tennis courts.  He’s not romantic material, she’s not even friend material. When it comes to learning how to be with other people at the age of 70 plus, they are unlikely companions, even more unlikely friends.

Best Friends is a story of love and friendship where the definitions of love and friendship are still under negotiation.

Raymond looks a bit like Willie Nelson, June looks a bit like Chrissie Hynde. They’ve never fitted in before and they don’t fit in now. They are just regular folk for whom the path towards love has been closed off.  As understanding blossoms into friendship, June and Raymond begin to discover the joy that’s been missing from their lives for so long.

Andrew Meehan has published three books, One Star Awake, Instant Fires and The Mystery of Love. He was Head of Development at the Irish Film Board and teaches creative writing at Strathclyde University.

Additional information

Imprint

Muswell Press

ISBN

9781068684432

Publication Date

20250508

Height

198

Width

129

Subjects

FA

Format

Paperback

Author

Pages

208