Alrigh’, Liz? ’ow’s it goin’, alrigh’?’ Father O’Leary was from Cardiff, and his broad accent and chippy, high-pitched voice always took anyone he met by surprise. He somehow sounded too urban for a man of the cloth. A wonderfully warm, funny, totally engrossing and unputdownable novel about friendship. A gorgeous treat.' Kate Eberlen, author of Miss You and Only You Spanning decades we see how these three women negotiate life, love, divorce, betrayal and the changing face of friendship. As a fifty-something woman myself I could relate to Lana, Judith and Catrin, their hopes and dreams, their dream holiday and the minutiae of everyday life. None of them has a perfect life, none of them has the life they envisaged for themselves and their friendship is stretched mighty thin at times. I absolutely loved this so much. There were moments that made me cry and other moments that made me laugh.' A touching celebration of the beauty and endurance of female friendship. There is nothing mightier. Fact.' DAWN FRENCH

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Us Three written and read by Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener. Iaith ar Daith 'Dolig"[Language Road Trip: Christmas]. Boom Cymru. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021 . Retrieved 31 January 2021. The new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener. I loved this brilliantly gripping depiction of the complexities of female friendship over the years. Love, betrayal, comedy and loss - Us Three has it all.' FIONA NEILL

Vernon, Polly (29 December 2012). "Ruth Jones on fame, feminism and Liz Taylor"– via www.thetimes.co.uk. Ruth Jones is best known for 'Gavin and Stacey' aka outstanding and award-winning television comedy writing and as such I was expecting this to be a comedy. I was wrong but also pleasantly surprised.

Filled with a multitude of believable characters this novel effortlessly spans the decades, filled with tragedy and humour, love and loss. I couldn't put it down and had to read the last bit with my Kindle plugged into my laptop because I'd drained the battery.Huw’s taking them to Bristol airport at one and they’re flying straight to Athens, would you believe!’ Since Catrin had ‘abandoned the Church’ her mother was presumably nervous of letting her answer the priest of her own accord, in case she began spitting blasphemy in an Exorcist-inspired tirade.

But I can’t wear it swimming, Dad, or in the shower. All the travellers’ cheques and cash will go soggy,’ Catrin replied. Moving and funny . . . Jones' unique voice is evident from the first sentence, with her infamous colloquial dialect and warm characters. My Weekly Having not read the authors first book I have to admit to suffering for the first 10% of the book from ‘Nessa’s voice’, this means everything and every character in my head was Nessa and I found myself drifting off wondering if Smithy was going to say yes 😃 The story continues through to their 50’s of their friendships, partners, romances, death and the ups and downs of their lives. Not always turning out how they envisioned when they were younger. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Us Three written and read by Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener .Judith will be glad of a break from that woman, you ask me,’ said Liz. ‘How she puts up with her I will never know.’ This book grew on me, as did the 3 characters and by the end was fully invested in their life’s and all that was going on ( good, bad and indifferent ) The new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling debut, Never Greener . Only answer this question if you are with very good friends. Look around the room who is most like the main characters in Us Three? Her dad’s all right though – had a game with him down the club the other day,’ said Tom. ‘Don’t say much, but he’s a demon with a pool cue.’

I loved this brilliantly gripping depiction of the complexities of female friendship over the years. Love, betrayal, comedy and loss - Us Three has it all. Fiona Neill a b "BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Ruth Jones, actor and writer". BBC . Retrieved 20 January 2019.

Summary

Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.’