{"title":"Paula Read","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-hazelnut-grove-paperback","title":"The Hazelnut Grove - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.'","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67954667389151,"sku":"9781788649148","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/TRxcUGuaEv9781788649148.webp?v=1791643925"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/paula-read.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}