The one and only Ruth Jones will return to Penarth on 24 May for a very special event to talk about her gorgeous new novel, By Your Side . Bursting with all the heart and humour that has made Ruths name as a screenwriter and author, By Your Side is about finding joy in the most unlikely connections, and the importance of holding onto friendship, love and community especially when life gets messy. We're expecting this to be a HUGELY popular event; book early to avoid disappointment. By Your Side: Linda and Levi will never meet. But theyre going to change each others lives. In her role at the councils Unclaimed Heirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those whove died alone and tracks down any living relatives. Shes been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years. And now shes looking forward to an early retirement. But before she hangs up her lanyard, Linda must take on one last case that of Levi Norman a Welshman whod made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years. What brought Levi here? And who did he leave behind? Obliged to travel (by hearse) with her arch nemesis Fergus Murray, and helped (and hindered) by the eccentric local residents, Linda searches for clues to a life now lost. And in the process unexpectedly makes new friends, and discovers things about herself she never knew. RUTH JONES MBE is well known for her television writing, most notably BBC Ones Gavin and Stacey , co-written with James Corden, in which she plays the incorrigible Nessa Jenkins. Ruth also created and co-wrote Sky Ones Stella , which ran for six series between 2012 and 2017, in which she played the eponymous role. Ruths novels have sold over a million copies. Her debut novel, Never Greener , was chosen as WHSmith Fiction Book of the Year 2018, nominated for Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, was a Zoe Ball Book Club pick, and a Sunday Times bestseller for fifteen weeks, with three weeks spent at number one. Her next two novels, Us Three and Love Untold , were also instant Sunday Times bestsellers. Ruth was awarded a Comedy Women in Print prize in 2020. ★★★ Saturday 24 May 2.00 pm(doors open 1.30 pm) All Saints Church, Victoria Square, Penarth Tickets:30.00 including a SIGNED hardback copy of By Your Side (RRP: 22.00) / 15.00 Event Only Any book not collected at the event will be held in Griffin Books for three months after the date of the event. There are a limited number of Event Only tickets available for this event.