Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer and journalist whose work has appeared in prestigious publications such as Granta, The Guardian, and the Financial Times. A longtime author of the Debut Fiction column for The Observer, her writing is characterized by a keen insight into family dynamics and cultural intersections. Segal explores the complexities of identity and belonging through compelling, deeply human narratives.
Heart-wrenching, heart-warming and heartfelt - Mother Ship is a beautifully crafted, warts-and-all love letter to our wonderful NHS' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to HurtOur greatest gift to one another is this: each woman here has been swept out by a riptide, pulled far from the current of normal motherhood.
'A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny ... Feels as if it was written specifically to give comfort' MARIAN KEYES Sail to the tropical paradise where secrets don't stay hidden for long ... Zoologist Charlotte Walker has taken up a fellowship on the tiny, remote island of Tuga de Oro to study the endangered gold coin tortoises in the jungle interior. She can claim the best of reasons for this year in paradise - what better motivation than to save a species? - but the reality is more complex. For Charlotte has a secret that connects her to the island and has finally determined to solve the mystery ... A complete and vivid world to escape to, Welcome to Glorious Tuga celebrates a fictional island, and the warm-hearted families who live there. Enchanting, uplifting and very funny, this is a captivating novel about love, belonging, and what it really means to come home. 'A gorgeous book ... brilliantly and thoroughly imagined. I didn't want to go home' NICK HORNBY 'Sparkling and sophisticated ... reminded me of the pleasures to be had in reading' JESSIE BURTON 'Imagine a modern-day Jane Austen washed up on a fictional island ... Warm, clever, thoughtful, funny, moving and brilliantly written' ELIZABETH DAY 'Pure joy in book form, a hilarious, inviting holiday for the spirit' NAOMI ALDERMAN
In a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London, one young man's pre-wedding panic illuminates the universal conflict between responsibility and passion
'Joyous, a modern-day Jane Austen meets The Durrells' Elizabeth Day READERS ADORE WELCOME TO GLORIOUS TUGA 'A glorious escape from reality' 'You can feel the sand and taste the coconut water' 'Full of romance, intrigue and friendships' 'Blue sea; small island; paradise. Sign me up!' 'Deserves to be in everyone's suitcase this summer' Zoologist Charlotte Walker has crossed the world to research rare tortoises on the remote island of Tuga. Officially, she's there for conservation. But the reality is more complicated, for Charlotte has long believed she has a connection to this isolated paradise. While coming to understand an endangered species, she'd hoped she might finally understand the truth about herself. She'll have little time for self-discovery, however. The close-knit community has never had a vet before, and the islanders are determined to tempt her from her tortoises and onto their farms. Can she salvage her career (and the catastrophe of her personal life) before her year on the island is up? 'A much-needed escape, I warmly recommend this beauty' NIGELLA LAWSON 'A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny' MARIAN KEYES 'Brilliantly and thoroughly imagined. I didn't want to go home' NICK HORNBY 'Sparkling and sophisticated' JESSIE BURTON
Auf der abgelegenen Insel Tuga de Oro hat die Tierärztin Charlotte Walker mit einer wachsenden Zahl von Eseln, Kühen und kranken Eidechsen zu kämpfen. Sie kann die demütigende Wahrheit über ihren Vater kaum fassen. Wahrscheinlich sollte sie sich schlechter fühlen als sie es tut. Doch die Inselbewohner haben Charlotte in ihr Herz geschlossen, und irgendwie ist sie zwischen den Tagen auf den Farmen und Nächten mit einer neuen Liebe zufrieden, sich vor ihrem echten Leben in London zurückzuziehen. Doch das echte Leben trifft die Insel mit der Wucht eines tropischen Sturms, als Charlottes Mutter eintrifft. Lucinda Compton-Neville erkennt eine Identitätskrise, wenn sie eine sieht, und ist gekommen, um ihre Tochter zurück nach England zu holen, zurück zu ihrer Karriere, zurück nach Hause, wo sie hingehört. Lustig, bewegend und voller Hoffnung ist dies ein freudvolles Buch über Mütter und Töchter; über Festhalten und Loslassen.
Gwen und Nathan sind wenig erfreut, als sich ihre Single-Eltern ineinander verlieben und zusammenziehen wollen. Die beiden Teenager können sich nicht ausstehen. Bewaffnet mit der Sturheit von Kindern und der Berechnung von Erwachsenen, kämpfen Gwen und Nathan gegen die neue Situation an – bis eine Nachricht plötzlich alles auf den Kopf stellt.
