Keeping Mum

Single parent Danny Malooley becomes a dancing panda to earn money and reconnect with his son, Will, who has stopped speaking since his mother's death.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 24 June 2021
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Danny Malooley's life is in shambles. He is a single parent to his eleven-year-old son, Will, who has been silent since his mother's tragic car accident fourteen months ago. He is being relentlessly pursued by a shady landlord for unpaid rent and has just lost his job. Desperate for work and in need of money, Danny resorts to what anyone in his position would do: he becomes a dancing panda. After witnessing street performers in his local park making a fortune, he spends his last fiver on a costume, even though the humiliation is worth it when Will finally speaks to him for the first time since his mother's death. However, Will doesn't know that the panda is actually his father, and Danny doesn't want to reveal his true identity in fear of losing Will's speech again. But Danny can't keep up the ruse forever.

Uplifting is the perfect word to describe this heartwarming story. Woman & Home magazine aptly describes it as a surprising, laugh-out-loud, and uplifting tale of a father and son reconnecting in the most unexpected of circumstances. Fans of Nick Hornby, Mike Gayle, and Jojo Moyes will thoroughly enjoy this delightful read.

Weight: 246g
Dimension: 210 x 357 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781409191261