{"product_id":"9781529153224","title":"Farewell to Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Beautifully written and deceptively deep novel of moral choice set in the aftermath of the Second World War. The characters are as utterly convincing as the story' \u003cb\u003eANTONY BEEVOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. But 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Faulks, Sebastian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56728404066690,"sku":"9781529153224","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781529153224.jpg?v=1782212275","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529153224","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}