Book cover for Once Significant Others by Ian Gouge

Once Significant Others

2023 Released
220 Pages
4-5 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
Coverstory BooksISBN 9781739356996

A group of five friends who, some thirty years after they lived and worked in the same town, come back together to honour an old friend who has recently died. The weekend is intended as a celebration but merely serves to reignite old emotions and uncover long-held secrets.


"Sally Rooney meets Henry James" - Jim Friedman


"this honest exploration of human nature helped me understand myself better" - Ann Pelletier-Topping


"a story that questions the whole idea of friendship and the notion that we can ever really know anyone" - Janet Philo


"a deeply engaging book...every moment of dialogue and recollection is thoroughly believable" - David Punter


Ian Gouge

Ian Gouge has been writing for many years with a number books to his name, mainly novels, short stories, and collections of poetry. He is a prize-winning short story writer and has had his prose and poetry published widely. Since June 2023 he had performed his poetic monologue 'Crash' on five separate occasions. A sometime Indie Publisher, he also mentors at public writers' retreats. You can find his work on Substack at Writing until the light goes out.

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