{"product_id":"not-quite-a-disaster-after-buku-sarkar-9781963245769","title":"Not Quite a Disaster After All","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this house filled with voices and footsteps, a time allowed and a time needed to bridge the discrepancy between who you were and who you wanted to become. Under the canopy of the day, you could see, from this distance, how shattered the world was that we lived in and how beautiful its dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn six haunting stories that span two continents and two decades, we follow\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eAnjali, misfit, the expensively educated daughter of a wealthy family, from her childhood in Calcutta to her coming of age in New York City, claiming the grimy dive bars of the East Village as her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe also see her childhood friend Anita, who struggles with the quieter life, marriage, and motherhood she has chosen, in a suburb of Ohio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are women who muster all their grit and resolve in order to make their way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot Quite a Disaster after All is about how our expectations of life shift and change, how they can be pushed in the most unpredictable ways. It is about the thin line between self-destruction and survival. It is also a novel about falling in love-with a person, a city, or simply with the alluring, exciting promise of the new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeceptively simple and gently ironic, these nuanced stories of great depth and power mark the arrival of an outstanding voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Buku Sarkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1963245768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963245769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flowersong Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d","brand":"Buku Sarkar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424852787455,"sku":"9781963245769","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c015525-4a12-40d2-bc64-0178079f8a67.jpg?v=1761532960","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-quite-a-disaster-after-buku-sarkar-9781963245769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}