Way Back
*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*
'Gorgeous! Warm and funny and brimming with tenderness and heart' GRAHAM NORTON
'Warm, funny and perceptive' ELIZABETH DAY
'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.
'A gorgeously written story of starting over, secrets, friendship' LUCY DIAMOND
'A warm and moving dive into childhood secrets' JO BRAND
'Excellent!' ALEX JONES
'Absolutely loved this book, really didn't want it to end' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Funny, sad and romantic. What's not to like?' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The storytelling is just beautiful, and you feel as though you are right there with the characters. It leaves you feeling that change can come to anyone if they really want it.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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.
Her memoir Till the Cows Come Home (2018) and her novels Thrown (2022) and Way Back (2023) were all instant Sunday Times bestsellers.
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.