Five new books to read this week
Our top book of the week comes from Chloë Ashby… Fiction 1. Family Friends by Chloe Ashby is published in hardback by Fig Tree. Available now View this post on Instagram Two couples go away for a fortnight summer’s holiday in France, but they’re all harbouring a secret that threatens to blow apart their lives.
- ▪Our top book of the week comes from Chloë Ashby… Fiction 1.
- ▪Family Friends by Chloe Ashby is published in hardback by Fig Tree.
- ▪Available now View this post on Instagram Two couples go away for a fortnight summer’s holiday in France, but they’re all harbouring a secret that threatens to blow apart their lives.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/5-new-books-to-read-this-week-235-1930764.html |
| Publication time | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:01:50 Europe/Dublin |
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Our top book of the week comes from Chloë Ashby… Fiction 1. Family Friends by Chloe Ashby is published in hardback by Fig Tree. Available now View this post on Instagram Two couples go away for a fortnight summer’s holiday in France, but they’re all harbouring a secret that threatens to blow apart their lives. Chloe Ashby’s third book treads a cliche path for summer paperbacks, but in Family Friends she has written an intensely readable, tightly woven book with rich characters. The main characters and their children are believable and relatable, with Ashby making plain their emotional turmoil. It confronts the changing nature of friendships amongst love, family and work, relatable for a generation of Millennials moving into midlife.
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