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.
It's beautifully written Victoria Hislop Good Housekeeping
In a small, tight-knit Jewish suburb of London, one young man's pre-wedding panic illuminates the universal conflict between responsibility and passion
'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
Die Londoner Tierärztin Charlotte Walker hat ein Stipendium auf der winzigen, abgelegenen Insel Tuga de Oro angenommen, um die vom Aussterben bedrohten Goldmünzenschildkröten im Inneren des Dschungels zu untersuchen. Sie kann die besten Gründe für dieses Jahr im Paradies anführen – gibt es eine bessere Motivation als die Rettung einer Art? –, aber die Realität ist komplexer. Denn Charlotte hat ein Geheimnis, und sie ist fest entschlossen, das Rätsel, das ihr Leben beherrscht, endlich zu lösen. Auf der Insel angekommen, findet sie für ihre Nachforschungen jedoch kaum Zeit. Denn neben den Schildkröten beanspruchen die Inselbewohner, die sie und ihren tierärztlichen Rat mit endlosen Kuchenlieferungen für sich gewinnen wollen, ihre Aufmerksamkeit. Und auch der neue Inselarzt Dan Zerki bringt Charlotte vollkommen aus dem Konzept.