{"product_id":"limestone-road-the","title":"Limestone Road, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the deserts of Egypt to the rolling hills of South Australia,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Limestone Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a captivating novel about one soldier's courageous journey 'home'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1944 returning soldiers Canning Christie and his father Michael arrive in South Australia from the desert sands of North Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCanning carries the trauma of war and a fractured memory of a terrible event, while charismatic Michael resumes his womanising ways, intent on concealing his own secret wound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInexplicably drawn to a vineyard on their land, Canning dreams of producing his own wine. And a chance meeting with Grace Huntley, daughter of the local landowner, offers him hope for that future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut dormant memories keep rising up: his childhood with his mother, the years traversing the interior with his father and his time at the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon, viniculture becomes an obsession - one he suspects lies in a hazy recollection of a night in battle. To move forward Canning must reconcile the past, even if that means working with Italian POWs and accepting help from an immigrant German . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e. . . And ultimately taking a stand against his own father, whose increasingly reckless behaviour is threatening to destroy their new life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43593020014626,"sku":"9781760898250","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/Copy-of-Book-Template---2025-03-08T102850-750.jpg?v=1741382952","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/limestone-road-the","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}