{"product_id":"farewell-to-eden-sebastian-faulks-9781529153224","title":"Farewell to Eden","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating, timely and densely pleasurable novel, written with measured and impressive intelligence and tremendous narrative aplomb\" — William Boyd\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\" — Antony Beevor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarewell to Eden 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\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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. 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\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52370275270944,"sku":"9781529153224","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529153224_3098438.jpg?v=1789629146","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/farewell-to-eden-sebastian-faulks-9781529153224","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}