{"product_id":"farewell-to-eden","title":"Farewell To Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic and profound new historical novel set in post-World War Two Britain, from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong\u003c\/i\u003e, Sebastian Faulks.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Deval, a soldier recently returned from the beaches of Normandy, arrives in Palestine on a peace-keeping mission in the final days of the British Mandate. The Sea of Galilee glitters in the distance as war-weary troops marvel at the novelty of oranges and sun – a paradise that belies a fierce new conflict about to erupt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome years later, Philip begins work teaching at a school in the English countryside and meets the enigmatic music mistress, Frances Darwood. Over long evenings spent listening to records in her music room, they grow close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Philip is a changed man, and must confront the secrets and scars of all he has lived through – which threaten, even now, to upend his future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarewell to Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping and profound novel about faith in all its forms, and a rich portrait of an embattled post-war Britain. It asks the question: how, after great suffering, do we retain our humanity, learn to love again, and believe in the promise of a better life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hutchinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575921078359,"sku":"9781529153231","price":115.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/valuegrovia.shop\/products\/farewell-to-eden","provider":"Marlowe District","version":"1.0","type":"link"}