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byFrancesca Segal

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Travel far enough and you might just find yourself – on the world’s most remote tropical island

'I can't think of anything I’d rather read … Deeply satisfying, engrossing, and utterly charming’ INDIA KNIGHT

READER REVIEWS

‘A glorious escape from reality’
‘Full of romance, intrigue and friendships’
‘Total escapism told so wonderfully and vividly’
‘Uplifting and joyous’
‘I can't wait for the sequel!’


Charlotte Walker has swapped her grey life in London for a year in a tropical paradise.

Officially, she’s there for conservation but the reality is far more complicated.

For somewhere on the island lies the answer to a truth she’s waited her whole life to learn. If she finds it, then perhaps she might finally find herself too.

‘Joyous, a modern-day Jane Austen meets The Durrells’ ELIZABETH DAY
‘One of my favourite books OF ALL TIME’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A much-needed escape’ NIGELLA LAWSON
‘Full of humour, intrigue and colour’ SANTA MONTEFIORE
'Beguiling... Segal is writing in a comic tradition that runs from Jane Austen to David Nicholls’ OBSERVER

EVEN MORE REVIEWS

‘A gorgeous book’ NICK HORNBY
‘A slice of sunshine in book form’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘A rare joy’ JESSIE BURTON
‘A perfect holiday read’ RED
‘A book to escape into’ PANDORA SYKES
‘Immersive, vibrant and funny' NINA STIBBE, GUARDIAN
‘A beautiful written feel-good novel’ EVENING STANDARD

'A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny . . . I cannot TELL you how much I adored it! This feels as if it was written specifically to give comfort – the perfect antidote to current climes'

Marian Keyes, author of GROWN UPS

About Francesca Segal

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.'
Details
  • Series: The Tuga Island Trilogy #1
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781529918793
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 270g
  • Price: £9.99
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