Not Quite Myself

‘Funny, wince-inducing and utterly original’ Jojo Moyes

‘Feel-good and tear jerking’ Lisa Jewell

‘Both funny and unexpectedly emotional’ Jill Mansell

*****

Last night Paul and Sian called time on their marriage. After dropping their youngest at uni, the thought of sharing a loveless empty nest was just too much. But this morning something else feels wrong. Maybe it's sleeping apart for the first time in twenty-four years. Maybe that second glass of wine hit harder than usual. Maybe this is just what an older body feels like … Except the mirror above the sink betrays a much stranger truth.

Inexplicably – impossibly – Paul and Sian appear to have switched bodies. And they're desperate to change back. After all it'll be next to impossible to keep this a secret from troubled kids, needy parents, work colleagues and friends, never mind having to wrangle their new body parts…

There's only one solution: this couple on the verge of breaking up are going to have to come back together to sort this out.

*****

‘It’s clever, funny and unexpectedly moving – I loved it!’ Fiona Gibson

‘Legitimately genius, I had the best time reading it… The concept is brilliant and the writing is revealing, relatable and magical – in all the ways’ Lucy Vine

Reviews

‘Funny, wince-inducing and utterly original. I loved this for many reasons but mostly because I couldn’t work out where it was going to go next’ Jojo Moyes

‘If you're going to do something as high concept as body swap novel, you have to do it well, and my goodness, my old friend Mike and his lovely newbie writer wife Claire have done this so, so, so well. It's feel-good and tear jerking… It's just perfectly executed and delivers on its premise in spades.’ Lisa Jewell

‘Intriguing, original and sooo entertaining. Not Quite Myself is both funny and unexpectedly emotional, and made me wonder for the first time in my life how it might feel if this kind of body swap were to happen to me’ Jill Mansell

‘Comedy gold. I loved Sian and Paul and would never have tired of reading about their adventures in each other’s bodies. Mike and Claire Gayle have absolutely nailed the dream we all have that our partner could really know what it’s like to be us’ Clare Chambers

‘Freaky Friday grows up’ Natasha Poliszczuk

‘It looks like the end of their marriage but for Paul and Sian it’s the start of a wild ride… I loved this utterly unique and hilarious body swap romcom!’ Fiona Gibson

‘Legitimately genius, I had the best time reading it… The concept is brilliant and the writing is revealing, relatable and magical – in all the ways’ Lucy Vine