{"product_id":"the-farm-at-the-edge-of-the-world","title":"The Farm at the Edge of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e1939, and Will and Alice are evacuated to a granite farm in north Cornwall, perched on a windswept cliff. There they meet the farmer's daughter, Maggie, and against fields of shimmering barley and a sky that stretches forever, enjoy a childhood largely protected from the ravages of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in the sweltering summer of 1943 something happens that will have tragic consequences. A small lie escalates. Over 70 years on Alice is determined to atone for her behaviour - but has she left it too late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2014, and Maggie's granddaughter Lucy flees to the childhood home she couldn't wait to leave thirteen years earlier, marriage over; career apparently ended thanks to one terrible mistake. Can she rebuild herself and the family farm? And can she help her grandmother, plagued by a secret, to find some lasting peace?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a novel about identity and belonging; guilt, regret and atonement; the unrealistic expectations placed on children and the pain of coming of age. It's about small lies and dark secrets. But above all it's about a beautiful, desolate, complex place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787480166579,"sku":"9781444792294","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477374579781444792294.jpg?v=1762820076","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-farm-at-the-edge-of-the-world","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}