{"product_id":"2026200018761-secondhand-the-bird-in-the-tree","title":"The Bird In The Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the timeless beauty of an English country house and the unshakeable bonds of family loyalty, The Bird in the Tree is the opening novel of Elizabeth Goudge's beloved Eliots of Damerosehay trilogy, first published in 1940. The story centres on Lucilla Eliot, the formidable and deeply loving matriarch of Damerosehay, a serene Hampshire home she has poured her heart and soul into building as a sanctuary for her family across generations. When her grandson David falls in love with a divorced woman, the conflict between personal happiness and familial duty threatens to shatter the peace Lucilla has so carefully cultivated, forcing every member of the family to confront what they truly hold sacred.\n\nGoudge writes with a rare spiritual grace, weaving themes of sacrifice, belonging, and the redemptive power of place into prose that is as luminous as it is quietly devastating. Her characters are richly drawn, their inner lives rendered with a psychological depth that belies the pastoral tranquillity of the setting — and it is precisely this tension between surface beauty and moral urgency that gives the novel its enduring power. For readers who have yet to discover Damerosehay, this is an invitation into a world that, once entered, is almost impossible to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573346472155,"sku":"2026200018761-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/75b167ca-837f-4b6f-be98-ed99b6c770e8.png?v=1791168010","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018761-secondhand-the-bird-in-the-tree","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}