{"product_id":"carolann-copland-the-pomegranate-tree-2026","title":"Carolann Copland: The Pomegranate Tree [2026]","description":"A story of friendship, betrayal, guilt and the yearning for redemption.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1937, eleven-year-olds Pearl and Beth meet by the pomegranate tree in their school\u003cbr\u003egarden in Calcutta, India, and so begins a friendship between two very different women\u003cbr\u003ethat endures through six decades.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1944, cosseted in their convent school in Darjeeling, far from the events unfolding\u003cbr\u003ein India and around the world, their lives are upturned by betrayal and loss, and their\u003cbr\u003efriendship unravels.\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1960s, the women are reunited in London, and a new relationship takes hold –\u003cbr\u003estifled by one friend’s bitterness, overridden by the other’s overwhelming need to put the\u003cbr\u003epast to rights.\u003cbr\u003eThe Pomegranate Tree will delight readers who loved the international flavour of\u003cbr\u003eKhaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner or the exploration of friendship in Kristin Hannah’s\u003cbr\u003eFirefly Lane.\u003cbr\u003e‘A sweeping, emotionally charged, multi-generational Anglo-Indian\u003cbr\u003esaga of enduring relationships.’\u003cbr\u003ePatricia O’Reilly, author of The Laverys\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003eCarolann Copland is an author, a writing facilitator and a mother of three grown-up\u003cbr\u003echildren. She has a degree in English and Drama and an MA in Creative Writing. Her\u003cbr\u003eprevious publications include Summer Triangle, Scarred and Mosaic.\u003cbr\u003eCarolann facilitates writing courses, workshops and retreats, both online and in\u003cbr\u003eperson in Dublin and Malaga. She founded Carousel Writers and, in 2016, launched the\u003cbr\u003eCarousel Aware Prize for Independent Authors, bringing the best of independently\u003cbr\u003epublished writing to the fore.","brand":"Copland, Carolann","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":55718311231827,"sku":"9781918906127","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/copland-carolann-carolann-copland-the-pomegranate-tree-2026-9781918906127-1265611276.jpg?v=1793647930","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/carolann-copland-the-pomegranate-tree-2026","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}