Way Back

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 2024

Here is the feel-good read you have been looking for... The big-hearted novel brimming with warmth, humour and heart. It's not too late to live the life you want...

'Gorgeous! Warm and funny and brimming with tenderness and heart' GRAHAM NORTON

'Full of Sara Cox's natural warmth and wit' PRIMA

'Relatable, observant and funny' WOMAN & HOME

Josie's life is fine. Absolutely, completely fine.

Nice husband, brilliant best friend, a gorgeous kid at uni. The big house of her dreams on its leafy London street is a lifetime away from the Lancashire farm of her childhood. So what if her mother is tricky, and James isn't in love with Josie any more, and maybe she's not in love with him either? It's great to have time to herself now Chloe's flown the nest . . . isn't it?

This is the life Josie never believed possible. The life she needed when her heart was breaking as a child, when her mum wasn't coping and Josie had to grow up too fast. So why this feeling, nibbling away at the edges of Josie's thoughts? The sense that she has lost something. That she has lost herself.

If Josie is to truly live, she must now take back the reins and confront her future. And to find her way ahead, she needs to go back - way back.

To the place where it all began . . .

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'A gorgeously written story of starting over, secrets, friendship... and going wild in the country' LUCY DIAMOND

'A warm and moving dive into childhood secrets' JO BRAND

'Excellent!' ALEX JONES

A warm and moving dive into childhood secrets, shot through with the wonder of female friendships. Imbued with laughs and constant surprises -- Jo Brand
A gorgeously written story of starting over, secrets, friendship... and going wild in the country -- Lucy Diamond
Gorgeous! Warm and funny and brimming with tenderness and heart -- Graham Norton
Full of Sara Cox's natural warmth and wit Prima
Relatable, observant and funny . . . Great music references too! Woman & Home
A thoughtful, witty family drama Yorkshire Post

Sara Cox is known and loved by millions of BBC Radio 2 listeners, where she presents her teatime show every weekday from 4-7 p.m. She developed a passion for broadcasting at BBC Radio 1 and presented the Breakfast Show for four years, reaching eight million listeners.

Sara hosts the popular weekly TV book programme Between the Covers on BBC Two and is a regular co-host on BBC One's Morning Live. Other BBC TV work includes Back in Time for . . ., The Great Pottery Throwdown, the dating series Love in the Countryside, and Britain's Top Takeaways.

Sara's TV career began with The Girlie Show, and she's gone on to present numerous shows for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. She is a regular co-presenter of BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends and has written columns for the Mirror and the Guardian.

Her memoir Till the Cows Come Home (2018) was a Sunday Times bestseller, as was her hugely successful debut novel Thrown (2022).

Sara lives with her family in north London. She stays in tune with her farming background by having too many pets and riding her horse, Nelly.

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