{"product_id":"the-girl-under-the-olive-tree-paperback","title":"The Girl Under the Olive Tree [paperback]","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE LAST PEARL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAND\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, this is a beautiful novel about family secrets, wartime betrayals and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMay 1941\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the island of Crete is invaded by paratroopers from the air. After a lengthy fight, thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers are forced to take to the hills or become escaping PoWs, sheltered by the Cretan villagers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixty years later, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLois West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and her young son, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAlex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, invite feisty Great Aunt Pen to a special eighty-fifth birthday celebration on Crete, knowing she has not been back there since the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePenelope George\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- formerly Giorgidiou - is reluctant to go but is persuaded by the fact it is the 60th anniversary of the Battle. It is time for her to return and make the journey she never thought she'd dare to. On the outward voyage from Athens, she relives her experiences in the city from her early years as a trainee nurse to those last dark days stranded on the island, the last female foreigner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen word spreads of her visit, and old Cretan friends and family come to greet her, Lois and Alex are caught up in her epic pilgrimage and the journey which leads her to a reunion with the friend she thought she had lost forever - and the truth behind a secret buried deep in the past...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53255165903181,"sku":"VD-CZOR-ZI9P","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/9147\/6557\/files\/71b36fkNYZL._SL1500.jpg?v=1770125173","url":"https:\/\/thebookbus.co.uk\/products\/the-girl-under-the-olive-tree-paperback","provider":"The Book Bus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}