OTHER TALES TO SHOW SOME SISTERLY LOVE FOR

Sweet Valley High series Francine Pascal (£ 5.99, RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S PUBLISHERS UK)

If you didn’t read the tales of twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and their Californian lives, then you’ve missed out and should get on it right now. And if you did read them, may we suggest these serious times are a good opportunity to enjoy them again on a sunlounger.

The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver (£ 8.99, FABER & FABER)

Stretching over three decades, the story of evangelical missionary Nathan Price, who takes his family to the Belgian Congo in 1959, is told through his wife and four daughters. The family take everything from home they think they need – but soon find it all fails on African soil.

The Green Knight Iris Murdoch (£ 19.99, BSB LLP)

A story filled with bizarre twists and turns, murder, sibling rivalry and love triangles, based around a circle of friends in a London community. Central to the plot are widowed Louise Anderson and her eccentric daughters, who become intertwined with a mystical character.