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PUSHmePULLyou
Chalk and cheese; sweet and sour; oil and water - the Doubleday twins, Donald and Daniel, couldn’t be less identical.PUSHmePULLyou follows them from birth in glum post-war council estate Britain, through the hedonistic fun bubble of the late twentieth century, right up to the present day, where life is finally more comfortable, at least for one of them. Mike Wade’s novel sets out to amusingly explore one of the great dilemmas of growing once the hurly-burly of early adulthood is over, must ageing mean nothing more than a loss of appetites, drives and energy? Or might there be compensating benefits to this maturity - positives unimagined until ‘middle age’ comes knocking on the mirror. And if so, what are the best strategies for success? Should one play the tortoise or the hare, sit back and think of England, or channel one’s inner party animal, hanging on to fading youth for dear life?PUSHmePULLyou examines the options in the course of this happy, sad, serious, frivolous, optimistic, worrying, exciting, scary tale. Exactly like life itself.
256 pages, Paperback
Published April 3, 2018
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About the author
Mike Wade
18 books1 followerLong, tolerably successful career in Advertising and Marketing.
Early borderline career in Music, briefly big in Japan.
Now a writer and photographer (euphemism for retired) and occasional freelance strategist (further euphemism for retired)
Early borderline career in Music, briefly big in Japan.
Now a writer and photographer (euphemism for retired) and occasional freelance strategist (further euphemism for retired)
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September 7, 2018
As the author, I can't write an objective review. All I wanted to use this space for was to bring over the three reviews the book has received on another book web site, one named after a big river. There are only three of them, but they are all five-star - so I've permitted myself to reflect this in the rating at the top of this piece.
Funny, sad and clever with twists and turns aplenty.
5 June 2018
A very well written novel, with many surprises along the way, and a big one to round the story off. The author steers a clever route through a good twin versus bad twin conversation, and there are twists and turns aplenty. It is funny, sad and clever, but although it is an unusual book, the plot always seems plausible. Highly recommend
Makes you laugh- Makes you cry
20 June 2018
A really beautifully written, empathetic journey through life from a totally unique perspective of a pair of twins: yin & yang. A thoroughly engaging and witty novel with an ingenious and very unusual structure together with clever twists and turns throughout and to the very end. ‘Push me- Pull you’ does just that - makes you laugh, makes you cry: strongly recommended
Great first book
20 May 2018
Interesting read. Unusual way of telling the story.
Funny, sad and clever with twists and turns aplenty.
5 June 2018
A very well written novel, with many surprises along the way, and a big one to round the story off. The author steers a clever route through a good twin versus bad twin conversation, and there are twists and turns aplenty. It is funny, sad and clever, but although it is an unusual book, the plot always seems plausible. Highly recommend
Makes you laugh- Makes you cry
20 June 2018
A really beautifully written, empathetic journey through life from a totally unique perspective of a pair of twins: yin & yang. A thoroughly engaging and witty novel with an ingenious and very unusual structure together with clever twists and turns throughout and to the very end. ‘Push me- Pull you’ does just that - makes you laugh, makes you cry: strongly recommended
Great first book
20 May 2018
Interesting read. Unusual way of telling the story.
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