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Welcome to Glorious Tuga

Tuga Trilogy: Book #1
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Narrator Helen George

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Length 10 hours 37 minutes
Language English
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Summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

How far would you travel to find yourself?

London vet 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 that has dominated her life.

But she will have little time for any of her declared or covert investigations. Inconveniently attracted to the new island doctor, Dan Zekri, Charlotte immediately finds herself the subject of local speculation and gossip. And not only do Tuga's tortoises need attention but so do the island's dogs and donkeys, not to mention the islanders themselves, determined to win Charlotte over with endless deliveries of cake until she relents and becomes vet to all their animals.

A complete and vivid world to escape to, Welcome to Glorious Tuga celebrates a fictional island, and the warm-hearted community who live there. Enchanting, uplifting and very funny, Welcome to Glorious Tuga is a captivating novel about love, belonging, and about what it really means to come home.

'A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny and sweet. This feels as if it was written specifically to give comfort' MARIAN KEYES

โ€˜Sparkling and sophisticated ... reminded me of the pleasures to be had in reading' JESSIE BURTON

?????'A gorgeous book ... brilliantly and thoroughly imagined. I didn't want to go home' NICK HORNBY

ยฉ2024 Francesca Segal (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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Reviews

'If you can imagine a modern-day Jane Austen washed up on a fictional island ... you would get close to the wonder of Francesca Segal's new novel. But you wouldn't capture it completely because Segal has a style and wit all of her own. WELCOME TO GLORIOUS TUGA is warm, clever, thoughtful, funny, moving and brilliantly written. I relished every page and can't wait to press it into everyone's hands' 'WELCOME TO GLORIOUS TUGA is a gorgeous book ... Everything, right down to the fruit, has been brilliantly and thoroughly imagined. I didn't want to go home' 'Sparkling and sophisticated, Welcome To Glorious Tuga is a rare joy. With a cast of complex characters who will restore your belief in humanity, and a tropical setting to escape into, Francesca Segal's novel reminded me of the pleasures to be had in reading. Profound and comic by turns, she has made us an offering of light, and I would recommend every reader take it' 'A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny . . . I cannot TELL you how much I adored it! This feels as if it was written specifically to give comfort โ€“ the perfect antidote to current climes' 'A warm, funny, totally addictive novel, with characters, locations, and wisdom that stay with you long after you finish reading. Welcome to Glorious Tuga provided me with the escape I needed, before I realised that I even needed it' Expand reviews