Foreign Fruit: 'Blissful, romantic reading' - Company

Foreign Fruit: 'Blissful, romantic reading' - Company

by JojoMoyes (Author), Jojo Moyes (Author)

Synopsis

A newly rejacketed edition of the 2003 novel Foreign Fruit by Jojo Moyes, the bestselling author of Me Before You and two-time winner of the RNA Novel of the Year award. In the 1950s seaside town of Merham, everyone knows their place. Lottie Swift, an evacuee living with the respectable Holden family, loves it, while the Holdens' daughter Celia opposes its constraints. When a group of bohemians move into Arcadia, a grand Art Deco house on the seafront, Lottie and Celia are tempted into their alternative lifestyle. What ensues at the house has tragic and long-lasting consequences for all. Now almost fifty years on, Arcadia and its past secrets return to life, prompting the question: can you ever leave your past behind?

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Format: paperback
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published:

ISBN 10: 0340960361
ISBN 13: 9780340960363
Book Overview: The spellbinding winner of the Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year Award from bestselling author Jojo Moyes.
Prizes: Winner of Romantic Novelists' Association Awards: Romantic Novel of the Year 2004.

Media Reviews
If you liked Chocolat by Joanne Harris, you'll love FOREIGN FRUIT . . . blissful, romantic reading. * Company *
A novel that irrevocably throbs with romance, intrigue and betrayal. * Woman & Home *
Moyes evokes the strictures of time beautifully, as well as the enervating charms of a sleepy resort. * Good Housekeeping *
Author Bio

Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. Her books include the bestsellers The Girl You Left Behind, The One Plus One, Me Before You and After You and short story collection Paris for One and Other Stories. Her novels have been translated into forty-four languages and have hit the Number One spot in twelve countries. She is one of the few authors to have had three novels on The New York Times bestseller list at the same time.

Me Before You has now sold over twelve million copies worldwide and was adapted into a major film starring Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones). Jojo lives in Essex with her husband and their three children.