Author: Segal, Francesca Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 5 June 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Tuga Island Trilogy' series.Paperback | 384 pages200 x 130 x 25 | 274g 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 KNIGHTREADER 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’ OBSERVEREVEN 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
