{"product_id":"9781529918816","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Island Calling by Francesca Segal","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 04\/06\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if your mother knows you better than you know yourself?'Absolutely blissful... Get both books in the series: I'll eat my hat if you don't love them' India Knight, Sunday TimesREADERS LOVE ISLAND CALLING:`An enchanting, funny novel full of beguiling characters!'`Thoroughly enjoyable'`A fabulous return to the wonderful Island of Tuga'`I adore all the characters'On the remote island of Tuga de Oro, vet Charlotte Walker has been taken to the islanders' hearts and, between days on the farms and nights with a new love interest, she's content to remain in blissful retreat from her real life, in London.   Just for now, obviously.   Until real life hits the island with the force of a tropical storm: Charlotte's mother arrives.   Lucinda Compton-Neville knows an identity crisis when she sees one, and has come to haul her daughter back on course: back to England, back to her career, back home where she belongs.   Funny, moving, and hope-filled, Island Calling is the joyous second novel in the Tuga Island Trilogy - about mothers and daughters; about holding on and letting go.   `Beguiling ... Segal is writing in a comic tradition that runs from Jane Austen to David Nicholls'' ObserverPRAISE FOR WELCOME TO GLORIOUS TUGA:`A much-needed escape, I warmly recommend this beauty' NIGELLA LAWSON`A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny . . . One of my favourite books OF ALL TIME' MARIAN KEYES`Brilliantly and thoroughly imagined. I didn't want to go home' NICK HORNBY`Sparkling and sophisticated' JESSIE BURTON \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369005101429,"sku":"9781529918816","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529918816.jpg?v=1763551693","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529918816","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}