On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Matt Beckford believes he
finally has his life sorted: a high-paying job he loves and
is good at, the perfect apartment in New York and his
adoring, albeit scatterbrained, girlfriend Elaine. After a
lovers' squabble over whose turn it is to get dinner
together, the couple comes to a mutual decision that
neither of them is in love with the other and hasn't been
for quite some time. The breakup is almost too easy -- Matt
moves to the Sofa from Hell and Elaine goes about her life
with the same breezy attitude. Where's the crying, the
yelling, the emotional black hole they both should be
spiraling down?
Matt puts in for a job transfer to Australia in the hopes
that he can escape from the suffocation of this dying
relationship. Unfortunately, the position isn't open for
another three months, and Matt can't stay in their
apartment one second longer. Deciding to take a little
sabbatical from his life, Matt packs up and heads home to
Birmingham, England, to live with his parents. Surely this
wasn't the life he was supposed to have by the time he was
30?
Back at his old stomping grounds, Matt decides to look up
all of his old schoolmates and check in to see how everyone
else has been since turning 30. His childhood best friend,
Gershwin, is now married with a four-year-old daughter.
Ginny, his on-again-off-again-not-really-girlfriend-but-
kinda, has returned to their school as an art teacher. As
Matt settles into a routine of grocery shopping for his
mum, babysitting for Gershwin and having drinks at their
old pub with Ginny, life seems to be anything but
predictable and completely satisfying. That is until Matt
starts to find out everyone's dirty little secrets...
With the advent of "Lad Lit" riding on the coattails of
Chick Lit, Mike Gayle has turned out a handful of
charming reads. TURNING THIRTY deals with the questions
of "what have I done," "what am I doing" and "where am I
going" with humor, grace and maturity. Perhaps turning 30
isn't so terrifying after all!
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