{"product_id":"farewell-to-eden","title":"Farewell To Eden","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.csD23A9CB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#1A1A1A;font-style:normal;Arial;} .cs9086F1B{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#1A1A1A;font-style:italic;Arial;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .csB3317AB{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#1A1A1A;font-style:normal;Arial;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csD23A9CB\"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs9086F1B\"\u003eFarewell to Eden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csB3317AB\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csD23A9CB\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54011611578644,"sku":"9781529153231","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9781529153231_1.jpg?v=1789376539","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/farewell-to-eden","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}