Join The Candid Book Club at Waterstones Piccadilly for an evening with Mike Gayle to discuss his latest novel, A Song of Me and You.  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 then 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. For Helen and Ben, so much has happened in the years between. Can you ever go back to what was?  

Mike Gayle was born and raised in Birmingham, graduating from Salford University with a degree in Sociology. He became a full-time novelist following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend, and is now the author of twelve novels, including Mr Commitment, Turning Thirty and Wish You Were Here. His books have been translated into over thirty languages. Mike now lives in Birmingham with his wife, kids, two sheds and a rabbit. 

We encourage attendees to read the book beforehand to allow for an open discussion on the night, but copies of the book will also be available to purchase online via the Book & Ticket bundle – to be collected at the event.