The Godmothers

Monica Mcinerney, Wellbeck, £8.99 In this bestseller – now out in paperback – we meet Eliza, the only daughter of a troubled young mother, who had the support of her godmums Olivia and Maxie in childhood.

But tragedy struck just before she turned 18. More than a dozen years on, Eliza is living in Melbourne and getting on with her lonely life. Until she gets an invitation from one of her godmothers in the UK and finds a path to her future.