All The Lonely People: From the Richard and Judy bestselling author of Half a World Away comes a warm, life-affirming story – the perfect read for these times

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The research found that the risk of being often lonely is dramatically higher among those people who are widowed, do not have someone to open up to, or are in poor health. Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), the Charity’s analysis identified that the over-50s are over five times more likely to be ‘often lonely’ if they are widowed compared with older people who are in a relationship, and nearly four times more likely to be ‘often lonely’ if they are in poor health compared with older people who are in good or excellent health. It also found older people are more than twice as likely to be ‘often lonely’ if they have money issues, compared with those who don’t.[ii]

This is obviously a song about lonely people. It seems that Eleanor Rigby was a lonely single person, she often went to Church, perhaps to ease the emptiness that she felt inside, maybe she even hoped to make friends there. Whilst in Church perhaps she saw the rice left over from other peoples' weddings, and often regretted that she had never had the chance to get married or have a family. Hubert Bird has a full life. He and his best friends, Dotty, Dennis, and Harvey, are always up to some kind of shenanigans. Loneliness can affect people at any age, but older people are especially vulnerable to social isolation.

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The truth is, Hubert has isolated himself in his home and each new day is just as empty as the last one. His only company is his cat, Puss. But, Hubert doesn't want Rose to worry so he keeps a journal of their conversations and the stories he tells her about his "busy active life" with his friends. So, now what? Every May, the Mental Health Foundation hosts Mental Health Awareness Week. Now in its 22nd year, this annual event is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health. Each year, the Foundation sets the theme and organises and hosts the week, which has grown to become one of the biggest awareness weeks across the UK and globally. This is for all the single people, thinking that love has left them dry.” Yeah. What could be more heart-wrenching than being ignored by one person who could hardly care about how I chaliced her? Nothing follows. The guitars, keyboard, and the dismal vocals just had to fade. Please.

What? Helping lonely people? There's nothing daft about that, darling. Nothing daft at all. Count me in.” I know racism is the "thing" at the moment and was particularly bad in 'those days', but again I felt this whole issue rammed down my throat, with having Latvian delivery drivers, some sort of Chinese great-niece and so on. I just felt all these multicultural references were over-done to be honest. I don't give a fig where people are from and I think having to mention it makes it more racist than not. This is said to the late husband by a third part (never named), who encourages him to pass on. Because life will eventually continue. The phrase "holds guard" refers to the ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… ) which is a Christian ceremony held after someone dies. Now it is usually held right after the funeral, but in most celtiic countries the wake is held before the funeral.Ron Rash is renowned for his writing about Appalachia, but his latest book, The Caretaker, begins ... I started out thinking this was going to be a run-of-the-mill ‘lonely person makes friends and everything is wonderful’ story, but it is far more nuanced than that and offers food for thought for a post-Covid society. Well worth a read. The Goodreads’ “if you liked this, read these” recommendations are really spot on and I did love quite a few of those selections (and have at least one on my soon-to-read list) so if you love to read about these hermit-like peeps there’s a bounty of options out there. The story is also about mental health, being lonely, the power of friendships, human connection and human touch, as well as, the importance of persistence and learning how to never to give up on people. Peek explained to Circus magazine that on this song, he was "thinking about what it would be like to wake up and not know anybody."

Ben Onwukwe did an amazing job with this book. After listening to this book, I couldn’t imagine experiencing this book in any other way. I really felt like he brought Hubert to life. I loved the accents and the different voices that he used in narrating this story. I thought that he had a very pleasant voice and was able to bring out the emotion in the story. All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle was such a special book. The story plot was completely engaging; it was funny, heartwarming, and so well written. The story begins with main character Hubert Bird, an 84 yo Jamaican widower living in London alone. With no friends and living a lonely solitary life, all he looked forward to on a weekly basis was a phone call from his daughter Rose, from Australia. Hubert for the last five years had created a complex story about his imaginary friends Dotty, Dennis and Harvey to keep his daughter from worrying about him. Now Rose wants to visit London, and Hubert only has a few days to make his imaginary friends into reality, which means Hubert has to open himself up to forge new friendships.

Causes of loneliness

try not to compare yourself to others. On social media you usually only see things people want to share Gus’s descent into loneliness took on a dramatically different form than Hubert's. Why do you think Gus found himself living like he did? There are two distinct and alternating timelines in this story: "Then" - beginning in 1958 and "Now" - current time. Both timelines do meld together by the end of the story and both timelines are told in a third person narrative which feels right for this book. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month.

I've had an inspiration about the meaning of this song and joined specifically so I could share my inspiration. I have not read all the comments because there are a lot but I read most of them and none of you got this. A few hinted at it but none of you got this. I absolutely loved this book! Loaded with wonderful characters that made me laugh, made me cry, and made me feel lots of emotions. Facing a severe labor shortage after World War II, the British government began encouraging mass immigration from citizens of its colonies. This position was bolstered by the British Nationality Act of 1948, which combined the citizenship of Britain and its colonies and permitted these groups to enter the United Kingdom.As well as being deeply distressing for individuals, loneliness has wider implications for our communities and society. Evidence shows that loneliness leads to greater pressure on public services through, for instance, increased GP visits, longer hospital stays, increased likelihood of entering residential care and the costs of associated conditions such as depression and diabetes. Mehnaz's story: how my MS diagnosis affects my feelings of loneliness Peek left the band in 1977 to focus on his faith; after leaving America, he performed this song live, altering the lyric to leave no doubt of his intention, singing "Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup and give your heart to Jesus Christ." I'm just sure Mike Gayle wrote this story especially for me! It's perfect! It's wonderful! It has all the feels and it gets all the stars! I highly recommend this book! For its part, England’s National Health Service is increasingly using “social prescribing”, sending patients to social activities rather than giving them drugs. More than 100 such programmes are running in Britain. Yet last year a review of 15 papers concluded that evidence to date was too weak to support any conclusions about the programmes’ effectiveness. This reflects poorly on the state of thinking about loneliness. There are plenty of reasons to take its effects on health seriously. But the quality of evidence about which remedies work is woeful. Sadly, therefore, loneliness is set to remain a subject that causes a huge amount of angst without much relief.