One Night Beneath the Lemon Trees
One Night Beneath the Lemon Trees by Mary Karras, published by Hodder & Stoughton on March 14, 2024, is a fiction novel that explores the intricate lives of its characters across two timelines. Set in Cyprus in 1954 and Finsbury Park, London, in 1988, the narrative begins with a young woman who ends a love affair in a moment of impulsive revenge, setting off a chain of events that affects everyone involved. As the story unfolds, readers are introduced to Evgenia, who faces terminal news and seeks to make amends, while her friend Emiliana grapples with a long-held secret that impacts her son, and Melina navigates the aftermath of her father’s death.
This edition delves into themes of grief, family secrets, and the quest for truth, revealing how the past intertwines with the present. As the characters confront their intertwined fates, the narrative promises to uncover the hidden truths that can heal their fractured lives. With 352 pages, this English-language edition invites readers to immerse themselves in a richly woven tale of relationships and revelations, all set against the backdrop of a sultry summer night beneath the lemon trees.
Official synopsis Publisher
‘Relentlessly, gorgeously readable from start to finish . . . by the end you feel like you know these people as intimately as your closest friends‘ CHARLIE CARROLL, author of The Lip
Cyprus, 1954. One sultry summer night, a young woman abruptly ends a love affair. It’s an impulsive act of revenge but it’s one that will reverberate through the lives of everyone involved.
Finsbury Park, London, 1988. Evgenia has just been given the news that nobody wants to hear. She’s dying, but there’s still time to put things right before she passes away. Her best friend, Emiliana, is burdened with a secret that she’s kept for far too long. It’s time to confess to her son but he is searching for closure of his own. Around the corner, Melina is lost. Her father has just died of a broken heart and it’s all because of her.
Beneath the lies, grief and family secrets, however, waits a truth that can mend the broken parts of all their lives. The truth of what really happened that fateful night beneath the lemon trees.
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