{"product_id":"welcome-to-glorious-tuga-9780063360457","title":"Welcome to Glorious Tuga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bighearted page-turner set on a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean about love, community, and what it means to come home\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassionate about conservation and fleeing an argument with her mother, newly qualified London vet Charlotte Walker has taken up a fellowship on the tiny South Atlantic 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 secretly come to believe that she has her own connection to this remote and eccentric community, and she is finally determined to solve the mystery that has dominated her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut she will have little time for any of her declared or covert investigations. She is inconveniently attracted to the new island doctor. And not only do Tuga's tortoises need attention but so too do the island's dogs, goats, and donkeys--not to mention the islanders themselves, determined to win Charlotte over with cake and homemade jam until she relents and becomes vet to \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e their animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complete, vivid world unto itself, \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Glorious Tuga\u003c\/em\u003e is a bewitching combination of warmth and humor. Immersive and uplifting, it transports the reader to an island that time forgot, bringing to life a cast of flawed, loveable people, like a contemporary James Herriot beneath the coconut palms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francesca Segal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063360457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSegal, Francesca:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancesca Segal\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning British American writer. She is the author of a memoir, \u003cem\u003eMother Ship\u003c\/em\u003e, and the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Awkward Age \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/em\u003e, the latter of which won the Costa Book Award for First Novel, the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, and the Sami Rohr Prize, and was long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She lives in London with her family. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43778350940275,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":32.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_505257d1-32d8-4426-bffa-43fca84c61a5.jpg?v=1757508732","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/welcome-to-glorious-tuga-9780063360457","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}