{"product_id":"the-gilded-diary-pratima-kapur-9798891333581","title":"The Gilded Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe was just twelve, tiny, delicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday was the day! Groups of people silently filled the space in front of the entrance to their home. She watched as hordes of people peacefully made a single file and entered through the narrow gate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoud rumbling on her right disrupted the proceedings. She turned swiftly to see soldiers in the far distance... As she stood there watching them, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe soldiers knelt down, picked up their rifles and took aim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy were they armed? And why were their guns aimed in the direction of the crowds?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she stared at them, the officers gave the command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fire\" she heard, as her joy turned to horror, as a volley of bullets tore through the masses. In terror, she watched them take aim once again and shoot at the crowd... wave upon wave of metal that destroyed everything in their path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe stood there, unable to move, speak, or cry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe stood by that wretched window, witnessing her entire life go up in flames.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Poornima, a twenty one year old, recovering drug addict, chanced upon a diary written by a young girl. Old and forgotten, it had been tucked away at the back of a chiffonier in the garage...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pratima Kapur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891333581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Pratima Kapur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852296401151,"sku":"9798891333581","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gilded-diary-pratima-kapur-9798891333581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}