{"product_id":"far-from-home-9781529085884","title":"Far From Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eFar from Home is a gripping and heartbreaking wartime tale about the love between a mother and daughter, from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn July 1944, at the height of the German occupation, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Ritz hotel in Paris excited to be reunited with her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel in the army who is soon to join her from Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer world falls apart when she receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Arielle, who has both French and German parentage, is taken from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnable to contact her children in Germany, Arielle assumes a new identity and goes into hiding in a small village in Normandy. Taking a job locally, she befriends a man whose Jewish wife and daughter have been deported. As the war rages on and the Allies storm the nearby beaches, Arielle discovers a hidden world of people like her, who are fiercely opposed to the occupying forces and are doing all they can to stop them. They are fighting for a time when they can look for their families and return home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanielle Steel captures the devastation of the Second World War with a sweeping story of courage and survival against impossible odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Danielle Steel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical romance, Historical fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 Dec 2025 by Pan Macmillan.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Danielle Steel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320472314234,"sku":"9781529085884","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529085884.jpg?v=1790654173","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/far-from-home-9781529085884","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}