{"product_id":"brown-skin-white-lies-bobby-mohan-9781764153805","title":"Brown Skin, White Lies: The lies we tell to belong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrown Skin, White Lies\u003c\/strong\u003e is a propulsive migrant noir that rips the glossy veneer off the \"Australian dream.\" Arjun Nair-Kerala-born, scholarship poor, and one failed lecture away from deportation-scrapes through Melbourne on illegal shifts, couch-surf leases, and promises that bill by the hour. When a predatory lender threatens his father's pharmacy back home, Arjun's last safety net snaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Rekha Gurung, a Nepali nursing dropout with her own paperwork problems and a bakery job that barely pays daylight. Together they bolt north, hitching planes, buses, and half-lit hopes toward orchard work in Kununurra, where passports turn to bargaining chips and the sun brands its own barcode on skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, pawn slips, burner phones, and bruised alliances pile up. Police inquiries close in; a drug-runner named Trang won't stay ghosted; and every border checkpoint tightens the screws on class, caste, and the quiet brutality of survival. Yet amid the grit beats a fierce tenderness-friendships forged over instant noodles, a love that outruns police radios, and a stubborn belief in a \"soft place to land.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in punch-cut vignettes laced with black humour and lyrical bite, \u003cstrong\u003eBrown Skin, White Lies\u003c\/strong\u003e will resonate with readers of \u003cstrong\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBehold the Dreamers\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is a story about leaving home, losing the map, and rewriting destiny in a country that prices every breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobby Mohan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764153804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764153805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.95d","brand":"Bobby Mohan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47580043477247,"sku":"9781764153805","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e407b8e9-f60a-42d4-aee9-4109b03087da.jpg?v=1763878404","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brown-skin-white-lies-bobby-mohan-9781764153805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}