{"product_id":"a-sea-grape-tree-by-rosamond-lehmann-9780349017990","title":"A Sea-Grape Tree","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Lehmann legitimised a type of writing that took on deep personal themes' - ENGLISH PEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own particular acumen' - ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1933 we meet Rebecca, heroine of \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad and the Source\u003c\/i\u003e - but in a different world, on many levels. Betrayed by her married lover, Rebecca arrives alone at a small Caribbean island. Here, along with the splendidly eccentric members of the British expatriate colony, she meets the former ace pilot Johnny, crippled now, a misanthropic recluse: for both of them their passionate affair highlights the powerful life force love can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere too she encounters voices from the past and the vibrant spirit of Mrs Jardine - voices which remind Rebecca of the girl she was and the woman she could become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a poignant, uplifting novel about the lives we leave behind, our eternal quest for love, and the answers we seek when our faith is shaken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47734214820076,"sku":"9780349017990","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780349017990-a-sea-grape-tree.jpg?v=1781216773","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-sea-grape-tree-by-rosamond-lehmann-9780349017990","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}