{"product_id":"9781460765555","title":"The Cicada House","description":"Author: Ella Ward\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781460765555\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA warm, funny and surprising love story about one woman's journey to find out who she really is - as if Richard Curtis watched \u003cem\u003eSeachange\u003c\/em\u003e, shared a cold beer with Dolly Alderton, and together they wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Time Traveller's Wife.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a magical love story. Where, despite what I have just told you, the most extraordinary thing to happen is a woman learns to forgive herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Caitlin inherits a significant sum of money on her fortieth birthday, she decides to break the habits of a lifetime and throw caution to the winds. She's about to tell her husband Paul that they're leaving London on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to Eat Pray Love their way around the world, only ... she doesn't tell Paul that, because before the candles are lit, he tells her that he's very much in love with someone else. After a drunken night trying to console herself, Caitlin books tickets to Australia - anything to get as far away as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does the world feel like when it's ending for you, and no-one else? What does life feel like when you are running away from it? This is a story that begins in a way you expect, and ends very far from there. It is a story of creaking English hallways and vast Australian skies. Of hands that feel like warm sandpaper. Cicadas that sing so loudly they drown out the grief. Of white wine and an old piano and children who want their parents back from the dead. It is a magical tale of travel and mystery. And a very human tale of sex and loss and seawater and the primal joy of coming home. This is \u003cem\u003eThe Cicada House.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eA glorious novel: captivating, vibrant and original' Jess Dettmann, \u003cem\u003eWithout Further Ado\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eA witty, warm and intriguing love story' \u003cem\u003eGood Reading\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eThis charming novel ... with shades of \u003cem\u003eEat, Pray, Love\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUnder the Tuscan Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, a dash of Dolly Adlerton' \u003cem\u003eWest Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The perfect read for anyone who loves getting lost in a story ... warm, smart, funny, and genuinely poignant ... delicious from beginning to end' Martha Beck, T\u003cem\u003ehe Way of Integrity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An atmospheric and moving time-travel love story told with great warmth and humour.' Esther Walker, \u003cem\u003eThe Bad Cook\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46548086259870,"sku":"HPC-9781460765555","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781460765555.jpg?v=1771807064","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781460765555","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}