{"product_id":"sisterhood-of-swans-selma-carvalho-9789354470370","title":"Sisterhood of Swans","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescription\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna-Marie Souza lives in Horton, a suburb on the hem of London, a far\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecry from the city of Bombay from which her parents had arrived one cold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecember day in 1989, two Goans in search of a new life. Born in this land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof their dreams, raised in a broken home, Anna-Marie has grown up into a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estate of constant and indefinable yearning. She belongs to the sisterhood of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eswans seeking to pair for life, curving their necks to entwine with the perfect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emate. Only, she has realized, her species is fated to disappointment. Her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisastrous choice in men is fuelled not just by a chaotic childhood but by a loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof sexual agency as she embarks on a series of doomed relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a cast of intriguing female characters-Anna-Marie's Indian-hating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndian mother; her best mate, Sujata, haunted by thoughts of suicide; and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJassie, the sharp-tongued beautician at Bollywood Style Salon-is an ensemble\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof men who are serial philanderers or, worse still, token brown Conservative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparty members. In this shaky world, Anna-Marie navigates through the pain of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea troubled coming of age, while trying to find her place as a second-generation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndian immigrant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Selma Carvalho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354470378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354470370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.46d","brand":"Selma Carvalho","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800814203135,"sku":"9789354470370","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sisterhood-of-swans-selma-carvalho-9789354470370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}