{"product_id":"pre-order-farewell-to-eden-by-sebastian-faulks-signed","title":"PRE-ORDER Farewell to Eden by Sebastian Faulks (Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is due to be published on the 17th September 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-ordered titles will be shipped in the week of publication. If you place a pre-order alongside a title we have in stock, they will be shipped separately and you will be charged accordingly at checkout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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. Some 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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. Farewell 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58547957858685,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/8113\/7104\/files\/9781529153224.jpg?v=1786979012","url":"https:\/\/www.city-books.co.uk\/products\/pre-order-farewell-to-eden-by-sebastian-faulks-signed","provider":"City Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}