Nothing Left Unsaid

A poignant, funny and quietly devastating murder mystery

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Pub Date 12 May 2022 | Archive Date 13 May 2022

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'Vibrant, warm and often hilarious. An absolute delight' JANE FALLON
'Read Nothing Left Unsaid in two greedy stints. It's a novel written with wit, righteous rage and compassion' NIGELLA LAWSON
'A warm, touching and humorous hymn of praise to those she describes as "wee warrior women"' SUNDAY TIMES SCOTLAND

GLASGOW, 2019. Sharon has rushed home at the news her mother has been admitted to hospital. It's clear Senga's life is coming to an end. As Sharon gathers family and friends together to say goodbye, Senga, as always, does things in her own mysterious way. She instructs Sharon to find the red diary she kept in the 1970s and to read it. There's something Senga needs to talk about while she still has time. The journey into her mother's past is both shocking and surprising, forcing Sharon to re-evaluate her own childhood, her marriage and what she wants her own future to hold.

GLASGOW, 1976. Life in the tenements of Shettleston is a daily struggle. You need your wits about you to survive, and your friends. Senga has both in spades: she is part of the Shettleston 'menage' alongside her friends Bunty, Sandra, Philomena and Isa, and whatever life hands to them - cheating husbands, poverty, illness, threats and abuse - they throw something back just as hard. These women are strong because they need to be. And they never, ever walk away in times of crisis - as Sharon is about to find out.

Praise for Janey Godley:
'Sharpest-elbowed comedy in the world' The New York Times
'A great comic' Billy Connolly

'Vibrant, warm and often hilarious. An absolute delight' JANE FALLON
'Read Nothing Left Unsaid in two greedy stints. It's a novel written with wit, righteous rage and compassion' NIGELLA LAWSON
'A...


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ISBN 9781529357127
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 256

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I am never sure about people from other professions taking up writing novels. It always feels like they are getting a leg up on other authors through their name recognition. However, it worked for Richard Osman who I really enjoy so I really shouldn't be so judgemental!

Added to that, being from the West of Scotland, I will always want to read novels set in or around Glasgow.

I am definitely glad I picked this book up. This was an enjoyable novel set in Glasgow. Senga is on her deathbed, diagnosed with cancer and only a matter of days or weeks left. As she nears the end, she tells her daughter Sharon of a diary she has at home, a red book filled with the goings on in 1970's Glasgow where she roamed the streets of Shettleston with all her pals.

As the end for Senga nears, Sharon reads through her mum's diary and learns about her mother and her friends and a number of stories of life in Glasgow. However it is clear that something is missing from the diary and only Senga's friends can fill in the blanks....

This was a heart-warming tale, probably best enjoyed by those lucky enough to live in Scotland. There is probably some Glaswegian humour that may not necessarily transfer out of our borders! Although it is heart-warming there are also quite a bit of sadness but the bittersweetness of the novel is what makes it so enjoyable.

Thanks to Netgalley and Hodder and Stoughton for an ARC in exchange for an honest review

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