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**From the bestselling author of The Last Letter from Your Lover, now a major motion picture**

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'Moyes evokes the strictures of time beautifully, as well as the enervating charms of a sleepy resort.' - Good Housekeeping

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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'Blissful, romantic reading' - Company

'Delightful' - Publishers Weekly

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410 pages
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Hodder & Stoughton
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26 May 2016
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Jojo Moyes, Me Before You, After You, Still Me, Silver Bay, The Giver of Stars, The Horse Dancer


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If you like books that leave you feeling a little weepy once you've turned the final page then you'll love Jojo Moyes' second novel Foreign Fruit (her debut, Sheltering Sky, is equally appealing.) Set in Merham, a very English seaside town, it tells the stories of Lottie Swift and Daisy Parsons whose lives, upon arrival at the unremarkable town, are transformed.

The book opens in the 1950s with Lottie, an evacuee who's staying with the respectable Holden family and their daughter Celia, where "noise and suppressed hysteria" are the norm. Their small town ways are dramatically disrupted when Arcadia, the Art Deco house overlooking the sea, is taken over by a fast and Bohemian set where "nude painting and uncertain domestic situations" are the order of the day. Adeline, the Queen Bee in the set-up, declares that Lottie needs "to learn to dream". Good advice, except that her dream comes in the shape of Guy, the handsome son of a melon and banana importer. Lottie is instantly smitten, but Guy is engaged to Celia. Forbidden fruit, indeed.

Fast forward to the present and the perils of Daisy Parker. She's has been abandoned by her partner, is the new mother of a little baby, and has taken on the all-consuming project of renovating Arcadia for a businessman called Jones. The owner of the "ocean liner" house, has, up until recently been Lottie Swift. In a series of emotionally rewarding and devastating encounters secrets from the past and present are tantalisingly revealed. --Eithne Farry

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A vivid, accomplished, superb second novel from the author of Sheltering Rain, the most loved debut of 2002. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The characters are strong, believable and endearing - and will evoke recognition and sympathy from all ages . . . An enjoyable read - and a promising debut novel (Sunday Express on Sheltering Rain)

Even if the sun isn't shining, this book will make you feel like it is . . . Moyes evokes the strictures of the time beautifully, as well as the enervating charms of a sleepy resort (Good Housekeeping)

'Moyes again proves herself a worthy successor to Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher with her second novel.' - Publishers Weekly

Wonderful full-blooded traditional storytelling, but with a fresh slant (Sarah Harrison)

Believable characters, faithfully described scenery, horses and hounds, mud and mould, this is good, old-fashioned storytelling at its best. Destined to be a bestseller, the book has a beautifully designed cover and, once opened, it is almost impossible to stop reading (North Shore Times, Australia on Sheltering Rain)

Blissful, romantic reading (Company)

'If you like evocative, well-written love stories then this could be your bag.' - Hello

'throbs with romance, intrigue and betrayal.' Women and Home (Women and Home) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Jojo Moyes was born in 1969 and was brought up in London. A journalist and writer, she was until recently arts and media correspondent of the Independent. She lives in East Anglia with her husband and two children. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Jojo Moyes's first novel, SHELTERING RAIN, was one of the most-loved debuts that's ever come through this office. We all read it; we gave it to our friends, sisters, mothers, daughters and grandmothers. Women of all ages, from all walks of life, adored it. Pure escapism, many of them called it, but escapist stuff they could recognise bits of themselves in.

FOREIGN FRUIT has all those strengths and more. Like the previous novel, it spans two periods - the Fifties and the present day - and reaches right inside characters young and old. It is even more accomplished than SHELTERING RAIN, and I am sure that the critics are right: anyone who likes Maeve Binchy and Rosamunde Pilcher will love this novel.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0074OD6VU
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hodder & Stoughton (26 May 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2452 KB
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 410 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 3,630 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 13 in Women's Popular Fiction
- 136 in Women's Historical Fiction
- 212 in Women's Literary Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Jojo Moyes

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Jojo Moyes is a British novelist.

Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist.

Moyes' novel Foreign Fruit won the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Romantic Novel of the Year in 2004.

She is married to journalist Charles Arthur and has three children.

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The Cat's Mother

Not my favourite but still enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2020

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I've read almost all of Jojo's books and she is one of my favourite authors. She has a fantastic imagination as each book (with the exception of the Me Before You trilogy) has a different and unique subject. This one took a little while to get into as there are quite a lot of characters (it helps if you are reading on Kindle with xray and search facility) but just as I was really getting into it, the next chapter moves forward 50 years or so with a whole new set of characters. It feels like a completely different book and I spent the next chapter or two working out how the new characters tie in with the previous ones. Of course, it all comes together in the end, even if some conclusions are a little unlikely. If this book was by a different author I would probably have given it 3 stars. Oh, and if anyone else is confused by the last sentence, go back and read the first paragraph of the prologue and it will all make sense.

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Islander

A good read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2022

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What I like about Jo Jo Moyes is that you never feel she is stuck in a literary rut. Having read many of her books, I never know when commencing a new one what to expect in terms of the plot/storyline, which is a testament to her abilities. What I can expect is that it will be very well-written, so no irritations grammatically and always a good flow. This particular book does reflect to some extent her early development; later books have possibly been better scrutinised before publishing, but this in no way detracts from the story, which uses a house as its central theme with characters woven around it. Like other reviewers, I found it a little difficult to get into at first, and there were gaps in the development of some of the characters, many of whom were discarded without trace as the story moved on. None of this stopped it from being a good read, and actually I liked it better than some of her later books.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2016

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I love JoJo Moyes. She draws such believable characters and weaves such great stories around them. I was really pleased to see the Kindle version of this book come out, and it's as good as her others. The book starts in the late 40s/ early 50s and recounts how a group of bohemians move into a small seaside town in Essex. Two local girls befriend them, much to the chagrin of those around them. The mother of one is so horrified that she despatches her daughter to London, from where she later returns with a fiancé. To go into any further detail would spoil the story but the second half of the book brings us back to the present day. The narrative actually tells a series of love stories but with Moyes' light touch none is schmaltzy or soppy and at least one is simply tragic. Highly recommended!

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Richard Stewart-Smith

So different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2020

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This book from Jo Jo Moyes is so very different from the others.
Nevertheless, the mistress of literary deception and creativity combine to make a fascinating entwined story of love’s lived and lost and finally won.

Well worth reading. Jo Jo wins again!

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Foreign fruit

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2022

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Another good story line, well not just one but a few running alongside each other and then the book gets very exciting as everything seems to unfold and all these storylines meet up and become one. It's a good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2020

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A story of lost love spanning decades. The abrupt change from past to present was confusing. Initially, it seemed that there had been a publishing error. The only reason I persisted was because of the author whose books I normally find hard to put down.

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Tricia

What’s the point?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2022

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I’ve started this book twice and cannot see the point of it. We have read lots of Jojo Moyes books and have really enjoyed them but this one I am going to delete. It is so slow and. Dr as out. Sorry Jojo.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2022

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Enjoyed this book with it set in several parts which slightly confusing at first but all comes together beautifully, a captivating and clever story, I didn't understand the epilogue at the end 🥴

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