The Bride of Almond Tree

The Bride of Almond Tree
Robert Hillman
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 368pg
1 Jul 2021 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780571366422
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A love story about loyalty, belief and idealism, set against the epic sweep of twentieth-century history. World War II is over and Hiroshima lies in a heap of poisoned rubble when young Quaker Wesley Cunningham returns home to Almond Tree. He served as a stretcher-bearer; he' s seen his fair share of horror. Now he intends to build beautiful houses and to marry, having fallen in love with his neighbour' s daughter Beth Hardy. Beth has other plans. An ardent socialist, she is convinced the Party and Stalin' s Soviet Union hold the answers to all the world' s evils. She doesn' t believe in marriage, and in any case her devotion is to the cause. Beth' s ideals will exact a ruinously high price. But Wes will not stop loving her. This is the story of their journey through the catastrophic mid-twentieth century-from summer in Almond Tree to Moscow' s bitter winter and back again-to find a way of being together.
' Robert Hillman entwines, with risk and skill, different and seemingly incompatible stories. . . He adds heft to the distinguished fiction of rural Australia. ' -- Australian on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted ' It is not often that a novel is both a great read and a sobering chronicle about the painful possibilities of human behaviour. . . Robert Hillman' s The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted is such a one. ' -- Sydney Morning Herald on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted ' Hillman' s ability to conjure up the rhythms and texture of rural life is a source of joy. . . This is a novel about the importance of freedom as well as the redemptive qualities of love - and how facing up to the past can be the key to both freedom and love. ' -- Saturday Paper on The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
Robert Hillman has written a number of books including his 2004 memoir The Boy in the Green Suit, which won the National Biography Award, and bestselling novel The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted. He lives in Melbourne.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780571366422
Published: 1 Jul 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 304g
Pages: 368

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