Foreign Fruit - Jojo Moyes

Book in Hebrew, 408 Pages.

In the 1950s, life in the sleepy seaside town of Merham flows quietly, with everyone knowing their place. Lottie Swift, adopted by the respectable Holden family, is content with the established order, while Celia, the Holdens’ daughter, longs to break free from its constraints.

When a group of bohemians moves into Arcadia, a grand Art Deco house overlooking the sea, the girls are immediately drawn to the enchanting alternative they seem to offer. But what unfolds within those walls will have tragic and lasting consequences for them all.

Half a century later, as Arcadia House undergoes renovation, long-buried emotions resurface among the town’s residents. As interest in the house grows and it returns to life, hidden secrets emerge raising the question: can the past ever truly be left behind?

By the author Jojo Moyes