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'Joyous... A modern-day Jane Austen meets The Durrells' ELIZABETH DAY
'One to hoard like a squirrel's nut for the cold, dark days of winter' IRISH TIMES

READERS ADORE WELCOME TO GLORIOUS TUGA

'A glorious escape from reality'
'You can feel the sand and taste the coconut water'
'Full of romance,…

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1 author picked Welcome to Glorious Tuga as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Travel to the remote island of Tuga de Ora with Charlotte Walker who, along with us, immerses herself in a completely whole new world and lifestyle on the other side of the globe from her London upbringing. A literary version of those successful fish-out-of-water television shows like Doctor Martin and Death in Paradise, it will take you somewhere most of us have never been to meet a cast of strangers destined to become familiar friends (as there are another two books in this trilogy!)

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