High Season
About this ebook
The luminous finale of the Tuga Island trilogy dives deep into the island’s secret past, and asks what will become of its future...
On remote Tuga de Oro tensions are rising. The islanders have always welcomed strangers, but vast new cruise ships are threatening their way of life. The island urgently needs new funds, but unruly tourists risk unbalancing the tranquil idyll.
As the beloved community come under increasing pressure, vet Charlotte Walker battles to protect the tiny tropical island that is their haven, and exhausted doctor Dan Zekri doubles down in his commitment to care for all the families that call it home. Into this fraying landscape returns Alex dos Santos, a young man struggling to find his place, and unable to repair the rift with his sister Annie after their long separation.
Tugans must set their differences aside for the sake of the island’s future. But can the islanders safeguard all they treasure, without losing the heart of all they love?
PRAISE FOR THE TUGA ISLAND NOVELS:
'Absolutely blissful' INDIA KNIGHT
'Magical ... Feels as if it was written specifically to give comfort' MARIAN KEYES
'Joyous ... A modern-day Jane Austen meets The Durrells' ELIZABETH DAY
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About the author
Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer. She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Innocents (2012) and The Awkward Age (2017), and a memoir of NICU motherhood, Mother Ship (2019). Her writing has won the 2012 Costa First Novel Award, a Betty Trask Award, and been longlisted for the Women's Prize.
Segal says: 'Writing this trilogy was a deliberate reaching out for joy. The world can feel very bleak, and bringing Tuga to life became my own magical portal to wide beaches, crystal seas, endless sunshine, and most vitally, to a warm, eccentric community of good people mostly just trying to do their best. Tuga de Oro was a refuge for its first settlers, and I hope will offer refuge for readers, too.'
