Welcome to Glorious Tuga
Paperback Published on: 05/06/2025
Price: £9.99
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Pure escapism!
Welcome to Glorious Tuga is a captivating novel set on a lush fictional island that has an endearing community brimming with entertaining characters with e... READ MORE
Delightful escapism.
**Welcome to Glorious Tuga** is a vibrant and enchanting novel that captures the essence of Tuga, a fictional island brimming with cultural richness and n... READ MORE
The perfect summer read.
I must admit I wasn’t expecting too much from this, but ended up really enjoying it. Funny, warm, thoughtful, packed with a wonderful cast and a real sense... READ MORE
Like Death and Paradise with animals - and no death!
Set on the fictional tropical island of Tuga, this book tells the tale of Charlotte Walker, the London Vet and tortoise researcher who has come to Tuga to ... READ MORE
Synopsis
Travel far enough and you might just find yourself
Welcome to glorious Tuga – the world’s most remote island and Charlotte Walker’s new home.
Charlotte has swapped her grey life in London for a year in this tropical paradise. Officially, she’s there for conservation but the reality is far more complicated.
For somewhere on Tuga lies the answer to a truth she’s waited her whole life to learn. If she finds it, then perhaps she might finally find herself too.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9781529918793
- Number of pages: 384
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 24 mm
- Weight: 269g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allSunny, funny and emotionally uplifting..
From the first page I was completely transported to the island of Tuga and I didn’t want to leave. This is a community story set on a remote tropical islan... READ MORE
Warm and beautiful
A warm and immersive read, set on the small island of Tuga which is isolated for several months of the year due to sea storms. The story is essentially abo... READ MORE
Odd Islanders and some love interest...
The premise of this book is that the ‘glorious’ island of Tuga is a British protectorate, located somewhere where the boats can only call in at the right s... READ MORE
Original, amusing, endearing
Set on a remote island only accessible so few times in the year, this story explores the characters who have always lived here together with those who retu... READ MORE
Delightful
I read an eARC of this book so thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley.
I found this utterly delightful. It was such a charming and lovely rea... READ MORE
Welcome to Glorious Tuga
What a gorgeous book! Tuga transported me to a warm, gentle world where kindness and old fashioned values, along with a fair amount of idiosyncrasy, brough... READ MORE
Slow, yet its drama was surprisingly complicated
This was a gentle read which featured an interesting community mystery. I was engaged by the characters and their world, but unfortunately was left unsatis... READ MORE
Glorious wit and characters
I am so hacked off that Tuga is an imaginary island – I had all but packed and about to book a berth. I loved this book – a marvellous escapist read, with ... READ MORE
A heartwarming story .
A heart warming read.
Charlotte is a newly qualified vet moving from London to Tuga de Oro a small South Atlantic Island .
She has a fellowship to study ... READ MORE
Fascinating story
This was a fascinating story about life on a remote Island. Lots of interesting characters and a life style very different to the norm but very satisfying.... READ MORE
A delightful escapist read
Welcome to glorious Tuga. Blue sea, white sand and yellow sun, the world’s most remote inhabited island is paradise, and a world away from Herpetologist Ch... READ MORE
Fun, summer read
"Welcome to Glorious Tuga" is the perfect escapism read for any time of the year as vet Catherine Walker journeys to this incredibly remote island, with th... READ MORE
too many characters!
I always find books that start with a long list of characters quite off putting, and I did find this one a bit confusing with time jumps and backstories to... READ MORE
Oh my days, this book is a joyful, sunny hug! I really didn't want it to end.
I read this as part of a readalong. Oh my days, this book is a joyful, sunny hug! I really didn't want it to end. Through her writing Francesca Segal has c... READ MORE
Enjoyable read
Welcome to Glorious Tuga is the story of the people who live on this remote island that can only be accessed from the sea and takes months to get to, it i... READ MORE
Perfect beach read
Tuga is a fictional island, British, but in a tropical location. It's so remote that access is limited, it gets closed off during hurricane season. Charlot... READ MORE
A love triangle on a remote island
Vet Charlotte Walker takes up the offer to study tortoises on the remote island of Tuga. Reptiles are her passion, but she has another motive. Charlotte be... READ MORE
Escape to a Glorious (Isolated) Tropical Island
An excellent tale of the last outpost of the South Atlantic or wherever it is set.
The novel's main characters are superb, the imaginary island, its sett... READ MORE
Brilliant novel
This was such a beautifully written novel. It was the perfect escape that I needed. The author's writing is so good that I often felt I was swept away on t... READ MORE
Mixed
Charlotte Walker has taken up a fellowship to study endangered gold coin tortoises on the remote island of Tuga de Oro. But her research, and her personal ... READ MORE
Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal
Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal, is an unexpected glorious read, funny, sad, uplifting and enchanting.
Glorious Tuga celebrates a fictional is... READ MORE
Glorious Tuga indeed!
Glorious Tuga indeed! I absolutely loved this book - all it's eccentric characters, it's wildlife, it's beautiful landscapes and it's charming story. The i... READ MORE
A gorgeous cosy book!
This was a rare re-read for me and is such a lovely read! It really stands up to being read again and I’m really looking forward to reading the sequel whic... READ MORE
Peculiar island life
Thank you to NetGalley and Vintage for this ARC.
Charlotte Walker, 29, a vet and academic herpetologist from London, has been given the chance to study ... READ MORE
A joy and a pleasure to read from start to finish
This book is absolutely wonderful and a pure joy to read. I so enjoyed reaching for this book each day as it was like a breath of fresh air.
We meet Cha... READ MORE
A perfect holiday read
It took a while to get all the characters organised in my head, but once I did, I really enjoyed this. I enjoyed it enough to immediately buy the sequel an... READ MORE
The escape I needed!
Tuga felt real and welcoming. The reader is a fly on the wall of island life and it’s easy breezy reading. I want to know more about the characters and the... READ MORE
Charming escapism
A charming story about a young veterinary zoologist accepting a research position on the remote island of Tuga, which is accessible only after a long sea v... READ MORE
Messy book without a clear story
Thank you to NetGalley and Vintage for this ARC.
Charlotte Walker, 29, a vet and academic herpetologist from London, has been given the chance to study ... READ MORE
A great read
I enjoyed the setting of the story, who would dream of escaping dreary England to somewhere like Tuga. The descriptions of the island were stunning, such a... READ MORE
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