{"product_id":"9780007364206","title":"The Lotus Eaters","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘A tremendously evocative debut, a love story set in the hallucinatory atmosphere of war, described in translucent, fever-dream prose.’\u003cbr\u003eJanice Y. K. Lee, author of the bestselling ‘The Piano Teacher’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the fall of Saigon begins in 1975, two lovers make their way through the streets, desperately trying to catch one of the last planes out. Helen Adams, a photojournalist, must leave behind a war she has become addicted to and a devastated country she loves. Linh, her lover, must grapple with his own conflicting loyalties to the woman from whom he can’t bear to be parted, and his country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetrayal and self-sacrifice follows, echoing the pattern of their relationship over the war-torn years, beginning in the splendour of Angkor Wat, with jaded, cynical, larger-than-life war correspondent Sam Darrow, Helen's greatest love and fiercest competitor, driven by demons she can only hope to vanquish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpurred on by the need to get the truth of the war out to an international audience, and the immense personal cost this carries, Sam and Helen's passionate and all-consuming love is tested to the limit. This mesmerising novel carries resonance across contemporary wars with questions of love and heart-breaking betrayal interwoven with the conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tatjana Soli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895948660885,"sku":"9780007364206","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007364206_34e3865a-3999-4c04-be11-112d24abbc71.jpg?v=1776888129","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007364206","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}