“ Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable. ”
Jojo Moyes, bestselling author of ME BEFORE YOU
“ Heart-rending, provocative and astutely written, Never Greener is a love story about getting what you want and losing everything you need. Ruth's characters will stay with me for a long time. ”
Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of THE LEMON TREE CAFE
“ I love books about gnarly, messy relationships and this one kept me gripped from the beginning. A great read. ”
Jane Fallon, bestselling author of MY SWEET REVENGE and STRICTLY BETWEEN US
“ Easy to read and full of laughter - and truth ”
Daily Mail
“ A great debut ”
Bella
“ Thought-provoking, compelling and ultimately redemptive, Never Greener is a captivating modern morality tale ”
Sunday Express
“ ‘A gripping, grown-up romance’ ”
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Paperback
9781784162221
May 21, 2019
Black Swan
336 pages
Hardback
9780593078068
May 15, 2018
Bantam Press
416 pages
Trade Paperback
9780593078075
April 16, 2018
Bantam Press
416 pages
1985
Fergus was getting tetchy. The new girl should’ve been there at six. And now it was twenty past. A Saturday night at the height of the summer season was not a time to be short-staffed. He’d already roped poor Callum in to help. And obviously he’d rather be elsewhere. He looked over at him serving behind the bar and thought, as he often did, how good he looked for his age, definitely younger than his thirty-eight years. Fergus’s kid brother, Callum. Funny he still thought of him as the baby. Even though he was a towering six foot four. He watched him now, chatting easily to a couple of the locals. That was the thing about Callum. He was easy. With absolutely everyone. Whoever he was talking to – no matter who they were, their background, their age – he had this way of sounding interested. It’s what made him such a good teacher. And such a good dad. Fergus envied his brother’s enduring patience.
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