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Who doesn't dream of finding the love of their life?
Lonely, quirky Oliver Birch certainly does, and he knows who she is. He's adored her from afar for thirty years.
But there's a problem.
Joanna is happily married to somebody else.
Then, one day, out of the blue, she arrives at his apartment.
And not just to visit. She's here to stay.
For Oliver it's a dream come true, provided he can keep a handle on where two-dimensional fantasy ends and reality begins.
Will she be his saviour ... or will she gradually drive him towards the unwelcome hands of a psychiatrist?
Living with Jo is a love story with a difference. It explores a world familiar to many who find themselves single and adrift in later life. Sometimes they come across unusual and imaginative ways to fill emotional gaps in their lives. In Oliver's case, it's an imaginative step too far ...
About the author
John Hughes was born in Sutton Coldfield in the English Midlands. He studied music at Royal Holloway College and has lived in Surrey for most of his adult life. He has earned a living in a variety of ways - selling pianos in Harrods, playing keyboards in a tribute band, as a magazine editor, in recruitment and most recently "managing" in the NHS. He has written half a dozen non-fiction books and Living with Jo is his third published novel. He has also written a collection of short stories - How to Steal a Piano. John Hughes has produced and directed films and written screenplays, with Home Alone, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink and Ferris Beuller's Day Off to his credit - but that's a different John Hughes.
