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- ISBN 9781785308406
- Weight: 174g
- Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 28 Aug 2025
- Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'A sumptuous, superbly immersive epic: witty, with gutsy, beautifully drawn characters'
- Adele Parks MBE
The powerful conclusion to Guy McCrone's Wax Fruit Trilogy, bringing the sweeping saga of the Moorhouse family to a dramatic close.
The Moorhouses are now firmly established in Glasgow's thriving West End. Their name carries weight across the city - but behind the polished facade, tensions simmer.
Restless and headstrong, Phoebe Moorhouse leaves the safety of home behind, journeying with her husband to the glittering heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Vienna. There, she finds a world of freedom, beauty,
and possibility - one that awakens her spirit but strains her marriage.
As Phoebe embraces the independence the city offers, Bel urges her to return home to Glasgow. Torn between two worlds, she must decide where her future truly lies - and what she's willing to sacrifice to claim it.
'Wax Fruit recaptures the atmosphere of the period most effectively' - The Herald
'Very fine indeed' - Glasgow Evening Citizen
Guy McCrone (1898-1977) was born in Birkenhead. He was educated at Glasgow Academy, going on to read modern languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge, before studying singing in Vienna. Glasgow provided the inspiration for many of McCrone's novels, including Antimacassar City, The Philistines and The Puritans,
which were published as Wax Fruit in 1947. McCrone retired to the Lake District in 1968, where he died at Windermere in May 1977.
