Welcome to Glorious Tuga

Brought to you by Penguin. SET SAIL FOR A TROPICAL PARADISE THIS SUMMER How far do you need to travel to find home? Zoologist Charlotte Walker has taken up a year-long fellowship on the tiny, remote island of Tuga de Oro to study the endangered gold coin tortoises in the jungle interior. She is warmly embraced by the tight-knit community of islanders – and their animals – who are keen to adopt Charlotte as Tuga’s first vet. But Charlotte has a family secret that connects her to the island. She is determined to solve the mystery: she just needs to make sure she stays focused on her research, and absolutely does not fall in love with the first man she meets… ’The perfect holiday read’ NIGELLA LAWSON Warm, clever, thoughtful, funny, moving and brilliantly written’ ELIZABETH DAY ‘A magical novel, so uplifting, heartwarming, funny’ MARIAN KEYES ‘Brilliantly and thoroughly imagined. I didn't want to go home’ NICK HORNBY ‘Sparkling and sophisticated’ JESSIE BURTON ©2024 Francesca Segal (P)2024 Penguin Audio