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Tree Surgery for Beginners

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26th July 2018

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781472255501

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From the bestselling author Patrick Gale, comes an early novel of love, lies and the secrets we live with

‘A very funny, often sad, novel writ with style’ Time Out

‘Excellent’ The Times

Lawrence Frost has neither father nor siblings, and fits awkwardly into life, happier communing with nature than with people. When he wakes up one morning to discover his wife and child have gone missing, there is evidence to suggest he may be the main suspect in a murder investigation.

Confused and threatened with the loss of everything he loves, Lawrence is sent to the Caribbean on a kill-or-cure cruise. On board and ashore, he discovers love, deceit, the truth about his missing family, and the blessings that come with surrendering to destiny.

Tree Surgery for Beginners is a vivid and engaging portrait of a man at odds with himself.

What readers say about Tree Surgery for Beginners:

‘His characters are so skilfully painted and human. You need to know what happens to them. This book approaches the human conditions of love, loss and redemption with sympathy, empathy and humour’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

‘As with all Patrick Gale’s books there is tremendous characterisation, the reader almost feels that they are reading about people that they know, that they are involved in the events unfolding in the story’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Reviews

Time Out
A very funny, often sad, erudite eclectic novel writ with style. Terrific
New York Times
An elegant romance that manages to be both playful and wise. . . infused with a smiling, Mozartean sensibility, reminding us that we can go so awry, break so utterly apart and still find the strength to continue
Daily Telegraph
A carnival of events in which credible characters find themselves in incredible situations
Mail on Sunday
Gale is a master of the deceptively light touch
The Times
Excellent