Ruth Jones Is Best Known For Her Outstanding And Award-Winning Television Writing, Most Notably Bbc One's Gavin And Stacey, Which She Co-Wrote With James Corden And In Which She Played The Incorrigible Nessa Jenkins. The 2019 Christmas Day Special Of Gavin And Stacey 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. Ruth Also Created And Co-Wrote Sky One's Stella, Which Ran For Six Series. Ruth Has Starred In Several Other Television Comedies And Dramas.
Her Debut Novel Never Greener Was Chosen As Whsmith Fiction Book Of The Year 2018, Was Nominated For Debut Of The Year At The British Book Awards, Was A Zoe Ball Book Club Pick, And Was A Sunday Times Bestseller For Fifteen Weeks, Three Weeks At Number One. Ruth's Second Novel, Us Three, Was An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller In And And Has Sold Almost A Quarter Of A Million Copies. Ruth Was Awarded A Comedy Women In Print Prize In 2020. Love Untold Is Her Third Novel.
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 Itrich In Warm, Engaging Characters And A Judicious Mix Of Humour And Pathos... It's A Compassionate, Wise And Life-Affirming Bookfull Of Such Warmth And Kindness, And The Writing Is Utterly Beautiful. I Adored Ita 'hug In A Book', With Characters That Felt So Real It Was Like I Knew Themheartfelt, Joyful, Brave, Utterly Compelling, It Is A Giant Tribute To The Love Between Women. You Leave This Book Feeling You Have Made New Friends
***The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller***
'love, Mess, Secrets; This Story Of Four Generations Of Women Is Filled With Ruth Jones's Warmth And Wisdom.' Jojo Moyes
'ruth Jones Writes With Such Warmth You Can't Help But Fall In Love With The Characters She Creates. It's Always Grounded, Always Real, Always Comforting, Always Ultimately Full Of Love' James Corden
'a Hug In A Book' Prima
'her Best Book Yet' Woman &Amp; Home
'compassionate, Wise And Life-Affirming' The Observer
The Funny, Moving And Uplifting New Novel From Ruth Jones, Co-Creator Of Gavin &Amp; Stacey And Author Of The Sunday Times Bestsellers Never Greener And Us Three.
Grace Is About To Turn Ninety. She Doesn't Want Parties Or Presents Or Fuss. She Just Wants To Heal The Family Rift That's Been Breaking Her Heart For Decades.
But To Do That She Must Find Her Daughter Alys - The Only Person Who Can Help To Put Things Right.
And When She Finds Her - If She Does - She Risks Betraying Granddaughter Elin. Who Is Far Less Forgiving Of The Past, With Its Hurts And Secrets And Lies. Meanwhile Grace's Great-Grand-Daughter Beca Is Oblivious To All These Worries, Too Busy Navigating The Highs And Lows Of Teenage Life And Keeping Secrets Of Her Own.
All Families Have Their Problems. And Most Of Them Get Resolved. But Grace's Problem Is Thirty Years Old. And She Doesn't Have Time On Her Side.
So Is It Too Late For Her To Make Peace? Or Is Reconciliation Still Within Reach?
Love Untold Is About Mothers And Daughters And The Complex Bond Between Them. It's About The Heartache That Comes From Leaving Things Unsaid And The Power Of True Forgiveness. It Is A Joy-Filled, Life-Affirming, Sob-Inducing Novel - With Characters You'll Come To Know And Love - From No.1 Bestselling Author Ruth Jones.
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
What Readers Are Saying
- 'good Grief. This Is Truly A Novel That Pulled On Every Last Emotion.'
- 'warm-Hearted, Beautiful And Heartbreaking.'
- 'ruth's Best Book Yet... Entertaining And Incredibly Moving.'
- 'a Gorgeous, Emotional Read That I Was Completely Immersed In.'
- 'i'm Absolutely Gutted It's Over... Loved Every Single Page.'
