This week's good read...............

...........is 'All the Hopeful Lovers' by William Nicholson. I can't remember when I last read a modern male author who wrote with such authority about women's inner thoughts and emotions. You'd expect a good author to be able to write about their own gender but for a man to see, understand and write about things which even some women struggle to articulate for themselves is truly great.

For an excellent story about relationships, both young and mature, in marriage and extra-marital affairs, about diasppointment and loss, optimism and joy, read this book!