The Tuga Island Trilogy
#1 - Welcome to Glorious Tuga
‘A cast of characters who are endearing, maddening and altogether human. I loved it! The very lushness of the magical setting is also a thrill’ ELIZABETH STROUT
'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
#2 - Island Calling
What if your mother knows you better than you know yourself?
‘A cast of characters who are endearing, maddening and altogether human. I loved it! The very lushness of the magical setting is also a thrill’ ELIZABETH STROUT
'Absolutely blissful... Get both books in the series: I’ll eat my hat if you don’t love them' India Knight, Sunday Times
READERS LOVE ISLAND CALLING:
‘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, in London.
Just for now, obviously.
Until real life hits the island with the force of a tropical storm: Charlotte’s mother arrives.
Lucinda Compton-Neville knows an identity crisis when she sees one, and has come to haul her daughter back on course: back to England, back to her career, back home where she belongs.
Funny, moving, and hope-filled, Island Calling is the joyous second novel in the Tuga Island Trilogy – about mothers and daughters; about holding on and letting go.
‘Beguiling ... Segal is writing in a comic tradition that runs from Jane Austen to David Nicholls’' Observer
PRAISE FOR THE TUGA ISLAND TRILOGY:
‘A much-needed escape, I warmly recommend this beauty’ NIGELLA LAWSON
‘A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny . . . One of my favourite books OF ALL TIME’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Brilliantly and thoroughly imagined. I didn’t want to go home’ NICK HORNBY
‘Sparkling and sophisticated’ JESSIE BURTON
#3 - High Season
Wide-ranging yet richly detailed, this exuberant novel looks to the future of one small island, yet also dives deep into its history . . .
The beautiful, sun-soaked South Atlantic island of Tuga de Oro is home to a close-knit community; from vet Charlotte to conscientious doctor Dan and Grand Mary, about to notch up a century. But the island is having to face up to reality. Its anonymous donor’s money has dried up, the health clinic is crumbling and the roads, which may seem charming when travelled by donkey, are in fact in a very bad way.
The solution to this lack of income: a series of cruise ships each bringing 200 tourists, is not universally popular among the islanders. Into this changing landscape arrives Alex dos Santos, the boy who left Tuga as a child. The rift between him and his oldest friend, Annie, runs deep -- and leaves their families as worried as ever.
Vast, sweeping, and intricately plotted, Segal holds the present and the past of her joyfully imagined world in superb balance. Spanning past and present, from Grand Mary’s youthful romance with a pirate to the truth behind the extinction of the Tugan blue conch, HIGH SEASON shows that secrets can lie concealed for generations, even on an island as small as the legendary Tuga de Oro...
PRAISE FOR THE TUGA NOVELS:
'Summer between covers' INDIA KNIGHT
'Magical ... Feels as if it was written specifically to give comfort' MARIAN KEYES
'Joyous ... A modern-day Jane Austen meets The Durrells' ELIZABETH DAY