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|title=Turning Forty

|author=Mike Gayle

|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton

|date=June 2013

|website=http://www.mikegayle.co.uk/

|summary=Mike Gayle doesn't write novels, he writes little slices of life. If you're 40-ish and don't find something you can relate to here, you've not been paying enough attention. To life, as well as to the book.

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I made the mistake of reading Mike Gayle's ''Turning Thirty'' in the weeks before I did so. Despite it being a story of a man whose life fell apart just before his 30th birthday, he still seemed to be doing better than I was, which made it a readable but depressing experience. Fortunately, ''Turning Forty'' is being published about 15 months before I reach that milestone and my life is in a different place which, hopefully, will combine to make it a more enjoyable read.

As with ''Turning Thirty'', this may not be a book to read if you're approaching forty and aren't entirely satisfied with your lot. But for those of us who are either happy in our own skins whilst nearing that age, or for those who are outside of an age range five years either side of that marker, this is an enjoyable, relaxed read that will go perfectly with a warm beach and a cold drink as Summer approaches.

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