The greatest adventure is coming back home.

Lila Metcalfe is a trainee journalist in Derby and she's very used to being given the stories that no one else wants. So, when her editor tells her that the city's Cossington Park development is being held up by a solitary resident on Hope Street who is refusing to leave, she knows she is going to be the one sent to find out more. And that's how she meets Connor.

Twenty-something Connor is the sole resident of Hope Street and he is not at all what Lila is expecting. And he has a very clear reason not to move: he is waiting for his mum to come home.

The uplifting and heartfelt new novel from the author of A Song of Me and You.

'Moving, uplifting, unforgettable. Mike always writes from the heart and creates stories we fall in love with' Lisa Jewell

'Full of relatable characters and as Mike takes us on a journey through all their high and lows and we're with them every step of the way . . . A wonderful story' Ruth Hogan

'Poignant. Powerful. Beautiful' Milly Johnson

'Funny, real and unexpected, a story that will keep you hooked to the very last page' Alexandra Potter

READERS LOVE MIKE GAYLE
'A heartwarming story of friendship, love and never giving up'

'Wow what a book! His best work yet in my opinion. I absolutely fell in love with it from the first page'

'I'm genuinely sad to have finished this book. Mike Gayle has written a beautiful, uplifting and personal novel filled with love, friendship, triumphs and trials and I know I will think about this book for a long time.'

'Mike Gayle writes to our hearts and he does it better than anyone else I've read. I just want to live in his world forever.'