Someone Else’s Shoes

Two women pick up the wrong gym bag, and the shoes inside change how each of them walks through the weeks that follow. Jojo Moyes builds a comedy of mistaken property into something more searching, following one woman whose marriage and finances have collapsed without warning and another whose polished life is costing far more than it returns. Work, money, friendship and self-regard are all in play, the pacing keeps the plot moving, and the humour never quite cancels the difficulty sitting underneath it. A closer look: • Two contrasting lives brought together by a simple mix-up • Comic set pieces balanced against real financial and marital strain • Female friendship and reinvention at the centre of the plot • From the author of Me Before You For readers of contemporary and book-club fiction who like warmth with some grit in it. Published by Penguin Publications and available at Boipoka.