{"product_id":"nirmala-fiza-pathan-9788193604410","title":"Nirmala: The Mud Blossom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis story is about Nirmala the Mud Blossom, who had the misfortune of being born female in Mumbai. Rejected and thrown into the dustbin when she was just two days old, the child was rescued and returned to her family by the NGOs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNirmala is ill-treated by her mother and subject to violence at her hands. She is allowed to continue her studies only because she can coach her younger brothers, as her parents are illiterate. On one occasion her mother brutally beats her when she is caught reading \u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield \u003c\/em\u003einstead of doing the household chores; on another, she is struck for voicing her dreams of becoming a doctor. Loving school and the access it gives her to books she relishes, Nirmala accepts each beating with forbearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat will happen to this little mud blossom? Will she fight back or succumb? How can she rid herself of harassment and rise above the stigma she endures?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNirmala: The Mud Blossom\u003c\/em\u003e graphically depicts the travails, discrimination, and abuse faced by female children in India from the cradle to the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiza Pathan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8193604415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788193604410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Freedom with Pluralism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.26d","brand":"Fiza Pathan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800807715071,"sku":"9788193604410","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nirmala-fiza-pathan-9788193604410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}