{"product_id":"farewell-to-eden","title":"Farewell To Eden","description":"\u003cdiv\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFarewell to Eden\u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Randomhouse SA","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":51751446151456,"sku":"9781529153231","price":430.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/2916\/0559\/files\/9781529153231_93516269-ba63-4c6d-a427-e1c59d970166.jpg?v=1779973530","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookkeepershop.co.za\/products\/farewell-to-eden","provider":"The Book Keeper Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}