{"product_id":"touch-the","title":"Touch, The","description":"Let international bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweep you away with this enthralling, evocative and emotional saga of one woman''s quest to come to terms with a new life. If you like Victoria Hislop, Lucinda Riley and Fiona Valpy, you''ll love this!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fast-moving and immensely readable... Back to the open spaces, merciless climate and sheer pioneering stance of the magical THE THORN BIRDS, this book is a page turner from start to finish'' -- Maeve Binchy\u003cbr\u003e''A compelling, passionate and gritty saga that was well worth the wait'' -- She\u003cbr\u003e''A powerful saga'' -- Mirror\u003cbr\u003e''Absorbing'' -- Sunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e''I could put this book down. I was consumed with it'' -- ***** Reader review\u003cbr\u003e''This book is utterly compelling and quite simply, I loved it. I wanted to finish it, but, didn''t want it to end. Beautifully written, descriptive passages. A truly Master author. Thank you'' -- ***** Reader review\u003cbr\u003e''One of the best reads I''ve had in years'' -- ***** Reader review\u003cbr\u003e''Thoroughly loved this book, I was hooked from the first page!'' -- ***** Reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**********************************************************************\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Kinross is remembered in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker''s apprentice. But when he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his relatives realize he is now a man to be reckoned with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArriving in Sydney after a difficult voyage, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Drummond meets her husband-to-be and discovers that he frightens and repels her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsolated in Alexander''s great house, Elizabeth finds that marriage does not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life - nor his present one, in which his mistress, the sensuous, tough, outspoken Ruby Costevan, still plays a part...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill she be able to forge a happy new life in this new world?","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56879109046607,"sku":"9780099280996","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780099280996_1-touch-the.jpg?v=1778216062","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/touch-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}