Francesca Segal’s warmly observed, sharply witty new novel — Welcome to Glorious Tuga is a tender, funny exploration of community, belonging, and what we’re really searching for when we think we’re searching for paradise.
Set in a fictional Mediterranean town, the novel weaves together the lives of a cast of characters whose paths intertwine in unexpected, often comic, always deeply human ways. Segal brings her trademark elegance and compassion to every page, finding both the absurdity and the poignancy in the way people reach for connection — and sometimes find it in the last place they expected.
Celebrated for its found family themes, gentle small-town satire, and the quietly devastating emotional truth beneath its wit. The line that stays with readers: "Sometimes paradise is not what you expect."
Perfect for fans of The Awkward Age and The Innocents by Segal, Elizabeth Strout’s community-centred novels, and Anne Tyler’s character-driven fiction.
