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To Love and Be Wise
Oct 8, 2024 12:45 PM

Author:Josephine Tey

To Love and Be Wise

'The most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age. This disarmingly low-key tale of a mysterious disappearance is the perfect introduction to her world' VAL MCDERMID

'The definition of a classic, a real cut above. It hasn't aged a day' JOSEPH KNOX

When Hollywood-star photographer Leslie Searle disappears from a remote English village, gifted inspector Alan Grant is called in to investigate. But what would bring such a successful individual to the village? And was his vanishing his own doing, or did something eerie occur at the hands of an unsuspected culprit?

'Will leave you desperate to re-read' SARAH HILARY

'Worth reading for its ingenious denouement'TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Reviews

The most interesting of the great female writers of the Golden Age. This disarmingly low-key tale of a mysterious disappearance is the perfect introduction to her world

—— Val McDermid

The definition of a classic, a real cut above. It hasn't aged a day

—— Joseph Knox

Will leave you desperate to re-read

—— Sarah Hilary

Worth reading for its ingenious denouement

—— Times Literary Supplement

One of the best mysteries of all time

—— New York Times

As interesting and enjoyable a book as they will meet in a month of Sundays

—— Observer

Nobody can beat Miss Tey at characterisation or elegance of style: this novel's a beauty

—— San Francisco Chronicle

First-rate mystery, ably plotted and beautifully written

—— Los Angeles Times

Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . . credible and convincing

—— Spectator

Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are among the best in the field

—— New Yorker

James Bailey's debut novel takes the usual rom com formula and turns it on its head . . . refreshing, funny and heartwarming, we could not get enough of this

—— Heat, Read of the Week

A wonderful, feel-good gem of a book

—— The Sun

This is the book you need right now if you're looking for an uplifting, funny read ... You will find yourself laughing out loud

—— Women & Home, 'December Book Club'

It's amazing, it's joyous. It's like finding yourself in the middle of the warmest, funniest, most amazing romantic comedy you've ever come across. Everyone is going to fall in love with it. James Bailey is definitely a writer to watch

—— Miranda Dickinson, Sunday Times bestselling author

A truly heartwarming story that left me with a huge smile on my face! A gorgeous story of second chances, full of nostalgia and characters you love from the start

—— Abigail Mann

A wonderfully musical story about modern relationships and lost loves

—— OK! Magazine on Mix Tape

A beautiful story

—— Bella Magazine on Mix Tape

Time travel is a popular trope in fiction, and Straub deploys it brilliantly in her effervescent new novel. .... Straub is an expert chronicler of social mores and the inner lives of her (mostly) bourgeois characters, and here she delivers a surefire bestseller

—— Oprah Daily

A teasing time-slip novel, imbued with all Straub's trademark humour and humanity

—— Saga Magazine

The always delightful, deeply beloved Emma Straub returns with a novel that seems like her take on 13-going-on-30.... It's Straub, so you know it's going to be funny, touching, and filled with family drama

—— Glamour

A wonderful book . . . about how we need to cherish those we have lost

—— Hello!

Magical, heart-warming and insightful . . . Warm, wryly funny and melancholic, This Time Tomorrow asks the big questions of life while revelling in 90s nostalgia and the allure of New York City in the fall

—— Daily Express

Full of deftly managed plot twists, it's both fun and poignant

—— Mail on Sunday

A heartfelt father-daughter story that breathes fresh life into the concept of time travel

—— Living North

Not every book teaches you something, but Emma Straub's insightful novel does. Witty observations and beautiful writing

—— Woman & Home

Delightfully nostalgic but the beauty of it rests in its tenderness and wisdom - a reminder of what's important and what we should cherish in life

—— Culturefly

With her celebrated humour, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes, and a different kind of love story

—— Biblio

This New York-set story about time travel will break your heart

—— Red

This grown-up take on Freaky Friday balances humour and poignancy so well

—— Good Housekeeping

Enlivened by Straub's typically acerbic prose and quirky characters, not to mention a good dose of 90s nostalgia

—— Jewish Chronicle, 'Fiction of the Year'

A wonderfully bittersweet story willed with humour, compassion and poignancy

—— Candis

Has a lot of heart, some satisfying plot twists and a bittersweet, open ended finale

—— BookPage Starred Review

Clever, complex and really rather lovely

—— Best

Alice is a joy of a character . . . Straub brings the bittersweet passing of youth to adulthood to life in vivid detail, with a story steeped in 1990s nostalgia. It's a book to devour

—— Jewish Chronicle

Emotionally resonant. Captivating

—— Sunday Post

Delightful

—— Boston Globe

Heartfelt

—— SFX

Praise for Emma Straub

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'A gorgeous and witty storyteller'

—— Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls

Funny, poignant and beautifully observed

—— Jojo Moyes

Straub writes beautifully and amusingly . . . hard to beat for sheer charm and gentle wit

—— Daily Mail

Smart and entertaining

—— Stylist

Hugely talented . . . intelligent holiday reading

—— Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4

Warm and big-hearted . . . leaves you smiling for days

—— Maria Semple, bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters . . . Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler's compelling family portraits

—— New York Times

It's the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible

—— Liane Moriarty

A funny and insightful look at love and relationships

—— Good Housekeeping

A smart, cool sensibility

—— Elle

Lovely, satisfying

—— EW.com

Smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us

—— Brooklyn Magazine

Thoughtful and hilarious

—— Real Simple

It would be easy to compare Straub to other masters of the genre like Meg Wolitzer or Jennifer Egan, but she's already a master in her own right

—— The Millions

Emma Straub is such a funny and brilliant writer and this time-travelling tale is a charming exploration of what it would be like to find yourself younger and surrounded by the people you love when they're still at the height of their power

—— Stylist

Wise and often hilarious

—— Buzzfeed

Readers will devour this witty and warmly satisfying novel

—— Publishers Weekly

A precise and observant writer whose supple prose carries the story along without a snag. Straub's characters are a quirky and interesting bunch . . . it's a pleasure spending time with them

—— Starred Review, Kirkus

Devilishly observed

—— Starred Review, Booklist

Sprinkled with humour and insight

—— Starred Review, Library Journal

Straub is consistently excellent

—— Book Riot

A heart-stopping read. Destined to be the novel that friends press upon each other

—— Independent on Sunday

Britain's best contemporary female author

—— Sun on Sunday

The storytelling treads the delicate balance between heartbreak and hope perfectly

—— Good Housekeeping

A triumph

—— Heat

A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required

—— Stylist

Joyful, with a pitch-perfect ending

—— Daily Express

Julia Whelan is perfect as Alice Wright

—— The Times, Pick of the Audiobooks

Concentrates on sisterhood and friendship

—— Scotsman, Best books to give this Christmas

A sweeping story of female friendship with a dash of romance, set in 1930s Kentucky

—— Daily Express

Her writing is beautiful and whimsical with unique storylines

—— Liv Arnold, author of Etched in Stone

This most recent book of Jojo's is her best . . . I loved this adventure story for girls for its plucky female characters and wonderful writing

—— Good Housekeeping
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