What Will Survive

Mark Gartside

What Will Survive

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The one thing he never expected to be was a single dad . . .

Graham Melton was a normal fifteen-year-old until he met Charlotte Marshall over a can of warm lager at his best-friend’s party in 1985. It was love at first sight, and teenage life was never going to be the same again.

Two decades later, Graham is a single father trying to protect his son from the rigours of the modern world. Everything has changed, and the innocence has long gone.

What happened in those years inbetween? How did something so perfect go so tragically wrong?

In a heart-warming and humorous tale of love, laughter and tears, Mark Gartside weaves a poignant story of one’s man struggle to bring up his son whilst learning to love and smile all over again.

Praise for What Will Survive

‘Touching, unsentimental novel about single fatherhood’ – Sainsbury’s Magazine

‘What Will Survive has all the ingredients for tear-jerking chick-lit but with thought-provoking discussions about class, a strong male voice and an unmistakable northerness this debut novel has a far bigger reach’ – Big Issue In the North

‘Mark Gartside’s debut novel tells a gripping story of love, laughter and tears…’ – Lifestyle North East

‘A lovely, heartwarming book about a widowed father, his son and the loves in their lives,which jumps back and forth between the 1990s and 2009. Most enjoyable’ – The Bookseller
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Book Details

Imprint: Pan
ISBN: 9781447201878
Number of pages: 320
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 31/01/2013

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