Paperback pick: The Signature Of All Things
The new novel from Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert

The Signature of All Things
by Elizabeth Gilbert (Bloomsbury, £8.99)
Alma Whittaker is plain, but blessed with intelligence and scientific curiosity.
She sets out on a voyage of self-discovery, from Kew Gardens to the wilds of Tahiti, to balance the emotional, intellectual and physical sides of her personality in this tale of love, lost opportunities and the consolations of nature.