{"product_id":"the-hazelnut-grove-paula-read-9781788649148","title":"The Hazelnut Grove","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the surface a young professional couple, Sarah and Luke craved a different, more self-sufficient life. They traded the comfort of a two-bedroom English cottage for a derelict house in northwest Italy. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hazelnut Grove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores the joys and demands of daring to live in search of a dream. \u003cbr\u003e Sarah and Luke's chosen life is part fairy tale, part story of courage and self-reliance as their new neighbour, nicknamed \u003ci\u003eil Cattivo\u003c\/i\u003e, the nasty one, decides to make war over the desolate hazelnut grove, a two metre strip of land behind their house. Their story is interspersed with anecdotes drawn from the author's family's holiday cottage in rural France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs events unfold that might have driven them away, especially Sarah, who does not share Luke's Italian heritage, a picture emerges not only of how the Italian life has tested Sarah, but also of how she discovered in herself both a grand obstinacy and a respect for the materials and objects of that life. A chunk of rusting metal becomes, in Sarah's eyes, an artefact with potential. Sarah becomes an artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Piedmont, renowned for its wine and food, a story of abundance and thriving slowly emerges against the challenges of a menacing neighbour, the deaths of beloved animals and the loneliness of getting to grips with an unfamiliar language and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen asked by English friends: 'Would you ever move back home again?' Luke and Sarah can only answer: 'We are home.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Read\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788649141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788649148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cinnamon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.55d","brand":"Paula Read","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077389971711,"sku":"9781788649148","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32758ecc-dfcd-4878-b9cd-a564af1a8fac.jpg?v=1685469711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hazelnut-grove-paula-read-9781788649148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}