Mum’s the word for best-selling author Patrick

Bridport Literary Festival will feature bestselling author Patrick Gale, whose book, Mother’s Boy, came out in paperback this year. Patrick will be at The Bull Hotel ballroom on Monday, November 6 at 4pm. Loosely based on the life of Charles Causley, this is a coming-of-age novel of class, desire and two world wars.

with a young child, Charles.

FESTIVAL EVENT: Patrick Gale and Mother’s Boy

Festival director Tanya

Bruce-Lockhart said: “Cornish laundress Laura meets her husband in 1914, only to be later widowed

“As a new war looms, Charles signs up for the navy as a coder, relishing his escape from the tight gossipy confines of Lauceston. Here he experiences the excitement and terror of a love as clandestine as his work. “Gale crafts a complex and tender rendering of the relationship between a dauntless mother and her son, who for much of his remarkable life, must hide in plain sight.”

This is a book club event –and all copies of Mother’s Boy purchased from The Bookshop in South Street before the event will be eligible for a 15% discount for book club members.

Mrs Bruce-Lockhart said: “Block bookings may be seated together if you give the name of your book club when booking, and we encourage lively post event discussion.” n Visit bridlit.com/ support-us

This year’s festival will be held November 5-11.