Island Calling

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The delicious second instalment of the Glorious Tuga trilogy is a very funny and moving story of mothers and daughters (and a tortoise called Gloria Gaynor) set on everyone's favourite tropical island *** Preorder the brilliant second novel in the Glorious Tuga series, from Costa Prize-winning author, Francesca Segal *** The island of Tuga has closed for the stormy season, and Charlotte's caseload of pregnant cows and unwell iguanas has only increased. Like James Herriot before her (but with far better weather, and many more unexpected tropical pests), she has come to savour the rich pleasures of veterinary work, as well as the joys of a unique community that has taken her to its heart. As she grapples with her shocking new knowledge about her father, she also starts to realise that her love affair with Levi may be more serious than she thought -- and her temporary role on the island is put into question. There is trouble elsewhere in Lemon Tree Valley- Marianne's daughter Annie is refusing to forgive her for sending Annie's best friend to school in England; six-year-old Rebecca struggles when her mother Maia goes to work abroad. Then a hurricane in the form of Charlotte's mother sweeps uninvited onto the island- Lucinda Compton-Neville has travelled halfway around the world to insist Charlotte come to her senses and return home. But what is home and what is the true meaning of family With Santa Esterica, the Tugan festival of mothers and daughters, approaching, it would seem that the women on Tuga are suddenly all at sea...

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Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer and journalist. 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 novel 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.'