Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own

For generations, the lobstermen of the islands of Fort Niles and Courne Haven have fought for territory. Their unlikely saviour is 18-year-old Ruth Thomas, a romantic woman who avoids her destiny with a passion that only draws her deeper into it.

Published in the UK for the first time, The Last American Man is by the author of huge international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love

This contemplation of marriage debunks myths, unthreads fears and suggests that sometimes even the most romantic of souls must trade in their amorous fantasies for the humbling responsibilities of adulthood.

"First published in Oxford Bookworms 2014"--T.p. verso.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father, a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World, Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right. But as she flourishes and her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction - into the realm of the...