The boy next door
By: Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees
Contributors: Rees, Emlyn
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780099414827
Subjects: Friendship; Fiction
Notes: 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?