The Last to Know - Softcover

Praise for Mark Gartside 'Gartside's warm, thoughtful, emotionally honest treatment of the process of becoming a man, especially handling responsibility for others in the face of loss, is a promising debut from a writer not afraid to show his feminine side' Daily Mail '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' Bookseller 'Touching, unsentimental novel about single fatherhood' Sainsbury's Magazine 'Mark Gartside's debut novel tells a gripping story of love, laughter and tears' Lifestyle North East '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

It only takes one person to destroy a marriage . . . They were the perfect family unit, Tom, Sherry and their daughter Peggy. That was until Daniel Faber walked back into Sherry's life. Never an ex according to Sherry, but Tom is concerned that Daniel wants more from his wife than she realises. The fact that Sherry already has a husband and child doesn't seem to bother him. So begins a battle for the love of one woman, but some people don't play fair and in the middle of the fight stands a little girl who just wants her mother and father to stay together.