The Boy Next Door

Warm, funny and sad, this is a story about growing up, and learning you're never too old to be a kid from the authors of Come Together and Come Again. It's the 1980s in the sleepy English village of Rushton, and Mickey Maloney and Fred are neighbours and best friends. They're convinced that nothing will ever keep them apart. But they're wrong. Fifteen years later, Mickey is trying to build a secure life with her young son, Joe. Meanwhile, Fred is about to marry in a few short weeks when he bumps into Mickey for the first time since their worlds fell apart. But as they pick up the threads of their friendship and relive the glory days of growing up in Rushton, can they overcome the devastating events that once tore them apart? And is it true what they say about first loves being forever?