Best Friends

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The writing is exceptional – Sunday TimesIn Ray and June we have two deliciously deceptive, flawed and perversely personable characters with whom we want to spend time – Sunday PostNormal People with pensioners?a tender miracle of a book – Andrea Gibb screenwriter of Miss Austen and MayfliesStylish, very funny, and moving – he’s a true original – Kevin Barry 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 IncidentA beautiful, tender and insightful novel, full of heart with dazzling prose – Rachelle Atalla author of The Salt FlatsIs it ever too late to find love?June cleans houses. Ray is a janitor at the public tennis courts in Dun Laoghaire. 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. Ray 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. Yet, as understanding blossoms into friendship, June and Raymond begin to discover the joy that’s been missing from their lives for so long.The right person at the right time. June and Ray, this is your moment.