All the Lonely People

By Mike Gayle,

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If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping).

In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed…

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1 author picked All the Lonely People as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Oh, Hubert Bird, I love you so. I couldn't talk about this book in public for about a month after reading it. An unflinching look at topics like racism, family fractures, bereavement, friendship, which is as beautiful as it is painful. It's a book for our time. It shows the world that I want to live in, with friends from all quarters and generations, coming together to help create community for each other. Amazing, beautiful.

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