{"product_id":"9781838779269-walled-garden","title":"The Walled Garden","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnearth the most moving and captivating novel of the year\u003cbr\u003eA luminous debut novel about love, the trauma of war and the miracle of human resilience, for readers of Anna Hope, Sadie Jones and Elizabeth Jane Howard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo one survives war unscathed.  But even in the darkest days, seeds of hope can grow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1946 and in the village of Oakbourne the men are home from the war. Their bodies are healing but their psychological wounds run deep. Everyone is scarred - those who fought and those left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Rayne is married to Stephen, heir to crumbling Oakbourne Hall. Once a sweet, gentle man, he has returned a bitter and angry stranger, destroyed by what he has seen and done, tormented by secrets Alice can only guess at.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonely and increasingly afraid of the man her husband has become, Alice must try to pick up the pieces of her marriage and save Oakbourne Hall from total collapse. She begins with the walled garden and, as it starts to bear fruit, she finds herself drawn into a new, forbidden love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in the Suffolk countryside as it moves from winter to spring, \u003ci\u003eThe Walled Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating love story and a timeless, moving exploration of trauma and the miracle of human resilience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Richly evocative and transporting' Stacey Halls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40755604717665,"sku":"9781838779269","price":14.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31293558.jpg?v=1731573662","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838779269-walled-garden","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}