{"product_id":"all-the-lives-we-never-lived-9781982100520","title":"All the Lives We Never Lived","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Man Booker Prize-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eSleeping on Jupiter\u003c\/i\u003e and \"one of India's greatest living authors\" (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), a poignant and sweeping novel set in India during World War II and the present day about a son's quest to uncover the truth about his mother. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn my childhood, I was known as the boy whose mother had run off with an Englishman. The man was in fact\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerman, but in small-town India in those days, all white foreigners were largely thought of as British.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins the \"gracefully wrought\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e) story of Myshkin and his mother, Gayatri, who rebels against tradition to follow her artist's instinct for freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreedom of a different kind is in the air across India. The fight against British rule is reaching a critical turn. The Nazis have come to power in Germany. At this point of crisis, two strangers arrive in Gayatri's town, opening up to her the vision of other possible lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat took Myshkin's mother from India and Dutch-held Bali in the 1930s, ripping a knife through his comfortingly familiar universe? Excavating the roots of the world in which he was abandoned, Myshkin comes to understand the connections between the anguish at home and a war-torn universe overtaken by patriotism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvocative and moving, \"this mesmerizing exploration of the darker consequences of freedom, love, and loyalty is an astonishing display of Roy's literary prowess\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anuradha Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982100520","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43784507424905,"sku":"9781982100520","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2ecedbd4-b565-410b-8c50-62c69d3c9b39.jpg?v=1742273448","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/all-the-lives-we-never-lived-9781982100520","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}