Island Calling

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This novel has everything: lovely writing, a tropical setting, a whole cleverly and perfectly invented world, highly romantic romance, a quest, a fully-realised cast of characters, excellent jokes, and a huge amount of heart. What more could you want? * India Knight * 'A rich and memorable cast in a brilliantly imagined landscape. ISLAND CALLING is every bit as charming and absorbing as Welcome to Glorious Tuga, with the added bonus of a new, entirely believably parental relationship. A joy' * Nick Hornby * Light and shade mingle in a narrative that is witty, soulful and escapist in all the right ways * Mail on Sunday * [Segal] has written something almost defiantly classical: shapely, generous, intricately resolved... The brilliance of Island Calling is that it knows escape is a fiction and offers that fiction, precisely, as solace * Observer * 'What I enjoy most about Island Calling is how immersive it is. I felt like I was hiking through this lush island with Charlotte ... For all the joy of this tiny island, it is a community thrumming with secrets. ... If there is an ultimate holiday read, this is it' * Pandora Sykes * 'An utter joy' * Red * This second book is just as irresistible as the first, offering a sharp dissection of mother-daughter bonds... Wise, funny and very romantic * i * 'Absolutely blissful ... Get both [books in the series]: I'll eat my hat if you don't love them' * India Knight, Sunday Times * Dopamine in book form! * Red, *Books of the Year* * 'I can't think of anything I'd rather read if I were in proximity to sand and sea (though it would be so cheering in the depths of winter too). Francesca Segal has, incredibly, invented a whole island ... The result is deeply satisfying, engrossing, and utterly charming. ... Do yourself a favour and read these [WELCOME TO GLORIOUS TUGA and ISLAND CALLING], whether you're going away or not: they are summer between covers' * India Knight *