What if your mother knows you better than you know yourself?
'Absolutely blissful... Get both books in the series: I'll eat my hat if you don't love them' India Knight, Sunday Times
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'An enchanting, funny novel full of beguiling characters!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Thoroughly enjoyable' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A fabulous return to the wonderful Island of Tuga' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I adore all the characters' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
On the remote island of Tuga de Oro, vet Charlotte Walker has been taken to the islanders' hearts and, between days on the farms and nights with a new love interest, she's content to remain in blissful retreat from her real life,...
Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer. She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Innocents (2012) and The Awkward Age (2017), and a memoir of NICU motherhood, Mother Ship (2019). Her writing has won the 2012 Costa First Novel Award, a Betty Trask Award, and been longlisted for the Women’s Prize.
Segal says: ‘Writing this trilogy was a deliberate reaching out for joy. The world can feel very bleak, and bringing Tuga to life became my own magical portal to wide beaches, crystal seas, endless sunshine, and most vitally, to a warm, eccentric community of good people mostly just trying to do their best. Tuga de Oro was a refuge for its first settlers, and I hope will offer refuge for readers, too.’
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