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Love Untold
Ruth Jones

Love Untold

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Summary

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR

'Love, mess, secrets; this story of four generations of women is shot through with Ruth Jones's warmth and wisdom.' JOJO MOYES

'A hug in a book' Prima

'Her best book yet' Woman & Home

'Compassionate, wise and life-affirming' The Observer

The funny, moving and uplifting new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Never Greener and Us Three.

Grace is about to turn ninety and she doesn't want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants a quiet celebration: her daily swim in the sea and a cup of tea with granddaughter Elin and great-granddaughter Beca. More than anything, she wants to heal the family rift that's been breaking her heart for decades.


And to do that she must find her daughter, Alys - the only person who can help to put things right.


But thirty years is a long time.


And many words have been left unsaid.


So is it too late now to heal the pain of the past?


This is a story about mothers and daughters: the love inherent in that bond and the heartache that miscommunication can bring. More than anything, it's about the importance of being true to oneself. Meet Grace, Alys, Elin and Beca - a family you'll come to know, and to love.


PRAISE FOR RUTH JONES

'Heartfelt, joyful, brave, utterly compelling' RACHEL JOYCE

'I adored it' JOANNA CANNON

'Joyful, life-affirming' ADELE PARKS

'Beautifully warm and totally absorbing. I cried and I laughed. I adored it' JANE FALLON


READERS ARE OBSESSED WITH LOVE UNTOLD

'Good grief. This is truly a novel that pulled on every last emotion.' 5-STAR READER REVIEW

'Warm-hearted, beautiful and heartbreaking.' 5-STAR READER REVIEW

'Ruth's best book yet... entertaining and incredibly moving.' 5-STAR READER REVIEW

'A gorgeous, emotional read that I was completely immersed in.' 5-STAR READER REVIEW

'I'm absolutely gutted it's over. . . loved every single page.' 5-STAR READER REVIEW


Love Untold, instant Sunday Times bestseller, July 2023
Richard & Judy Book Club Pick, Summer 2023
Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2023

Reviews

  • Love, mess, secrets; this story of four generations of women is shot through with Ruth Jones's warmth and wisdom. A big warm blanket of a book. I loved it
    Jojo Moyes

About the author

Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones MBE is well known for her television writing, most notably BBC One’s Gavin and Stacey, co-written with James Corden, in which she plays the incorrigible Nessa Jenkins. Ruth also created and co-wrote Sky One’s Stella, which ran for six series between 2012 and 2017, in which she played the eponymous role. She has starred in several other television comedies and dramas, including Hattie, Nighty Night and Saxondale. In 2024 Ruth returned to the stage, making her West End debut as Mother Superior in Sister Act the Musical. Her most recent role is that of private investigator Elena Ravenscroft in the adaptation of Harlan Coben’s Run Away for Netflix.
It is perhaps for Gavin and Stacey though that Ruth is known best. The 2019 Christmas Day special gained national critical acclaim, drawing an audience of over 18 million, winning a BAFTA for TV moment of the year and a National Television Award for Impact. The 2024 finale of Gavin and Stacey soared to the top of the Christmas ratings, with the well-loved comedy watched by nearly 21 million people.
Ruth’s novels have sold over a million copies. Her debut novel, Never Greener, was chosen as WHSmith Fiction Book of the Year 2018, nominated for Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, was a Zoe Ball Book Club pick, and a Sunday Times bestseller for fifteen weeks, three weeks at number one. Her second novel, Us Three, and her third novel, Love Untold, were also instant Sunday Times bestsellers, and Love Untold was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year as well as a Richard & Judy Bookclub Pick. Ruth was awarded a Comedy Women in Print Prize in 2020.
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