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Comprend les noms: Matt Cain (Editor-in-Chief)

Œuvres de Matt Cain

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle (2021) 273 exemplaires
The Madonna of Bolton (2018) 20 exemplaires
Becoming Ted (2023) 20 exemplaires
Shot Through The Heart (2014) 9 exemplaires
Nothing But Trouble (2015) 4 exemplaires
One Love (2024) 4 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
1974-12-27
Sexe
male
Nationalité
UK
Lieu de naissance
Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
Lieux de résidence
London, England, UK
Études
Queen's College, Cambridge

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Hollywood A-lister falls in love with a paparazzo but is publicly dating her closeted leading man.

Cute and engaging, but does everybody have to have had a difficult childhood?
 
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Robertgreaves | Feb 9, 2024 |
One Love begins in 2022 with long-term friends, Danny and Guy, arriving in Manchester for Pride weekend. Guy is now single for the first time in ages, and Danny is determined that he will finally tell him that he loves him and has done for twenty years. The story follows the pair over the course of the weekend and also takes us back to 2002, when they first met at Manchester University, and then we witness the ups and downs of their friendship over two decades.

As I've come to expect with Matt Cain's books, this is a heartfelt and engaging story of love and friendship that is so easy to read and so full of the depths of human emotions. I loved the two main characters, like chalk and cheese in their behaviour, with Danny being camp and brash and Guy being quite the opposite, more reserved and straight-laced. There are some wonderful supporting characters too, particularly Danny's mum, Eileen, and her friend, Arthur, who both provided me with lots to smile about.

I didn't know how Danny's revelation to Guy would turn out but this is ultimately a story about acceptance. The two men have to negotiate coming out to their families and friends, but they also have to accept themselves for who they truly are and it's a journey they undertake that in many ways takes the full twenty years of their friendship.

Heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measures, One Love is a delightful story that I looked forward to picking up, with characters that I thought were brilliantly portrayed, and a poignant and candid storyline.
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nicx27 | Jan 13, 2024 |
Becoming Ted tells the story of Ted Ainsworth, a kind and gentle man with a side of himself that he’s kept hidden away for most of his life. He works in the family business, a drool-inducing ice cream parlour (those flavours!) in a small Lancashire town but it’s not his dream. His dream is much bigger and bolder but it’s only when his husband leaves him that he starts to unfurl and begins to believe in himself. This rainbow butterfly is about to emerge from his chrysalis!

This book is an absolute delight from start to finish. I thought it was wonderful to follow Ted on his journey and witness his huge transformation (I’m trying not to give anything away but it’s quite radical and was so much fun). I loved Ted a lot but I also loved the supporting characters, Stanley, Alison, Denise and Oskar. Each had their own story to tell which not only made them a more rounded character to read about but also fed into Ted’s own story and helped him on his way to fulfilling his ambitions. Like an iceberg, there’s a lot more to this book than you can see from the surface.

Matt Cain is a wonderful writer. He has a down-to-earth style which makes me laugh out loud and he writes with such warmth and understanding. I particularly appreciated the fact that he didn’t feel the need to send Ted down an obvious path with regard to his husband and just let him banish his inner demons and believe in himself.

This story of a man daring to dream and working hard to make his dream come true is joyful and inspirational. Matt Cain has become an author whose books I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up and Becoming Ted is, as Ted would say, ACE!
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nicx27 | Jan 5, 2024 |
There's something so special about this one. Getting some history with this story was so valuable. The Q&A at the end was priceless.

As someone who tries to avoid letting people in, it really has made me pause and look at myself and ask the question, why do I work so hard to fly under the radar? What amazingness have I cut myself off from as a result?

I've added it to my favorite shelf. I'm looking forward to the next time I listen.

I also felt Simon Vance really brought Albert and his world to life beautifully.



ALSO, how was this book I was listening to when my AMAZING stepsisters converged on my home to remember their father who passed here...I say I got the best sisters because they lost their dad, but they check in with me.
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NeoSoulNoona | 18 autres critiques | Oct 3, 2023 |

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Œuvres
7
Membres
331
Popularité
#71,753
Évaluation
3.8
Critiques
23
ISBN
35
Langues
5
Favoris
1

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