{"product_id":"farewell-to-eden","title":"Farewell to Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A fascinating, timely and densely pleasurable novel, written with measured and impressive intelligence and tremendous narrative aplomb' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWILLIAM BOYD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eANTONY BEEVOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFarewell to Eden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57349361533301,"sku":"978-1529153224","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/dbdad289-d9e9-41be-848d-7f2f8b9b97f7.jpg?v=1783689737","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/products\/farewell-to-eden","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}