{"product_id":"the-girl-from-foreign-sadia-shepard-9780143115779","title":"The Girl from Foreign","description":"\u003cb\u003eA search for shipwrecked ancestors, forgotten histories, and a sense of home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fascinating and intimate, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from Foreign\u003c\/i\u003e is one woman's search for ancient family secrets that leads to an adventure in far-off lands. Sadia Shepard, the daughter of a white Protestant from Colorado and a Muslim from Pakistan, was shocked to discover that her grandmother was a descendant of the Bene Israel, a tiny Jewish community shipwrecked in India two thousand years ago. After traveling to India to put the pieces of her family's past together, her quest for identity unlocks a myriad of profound religious and cultural revelations that Shepard gracefully weaves into this touching, eye-opening memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sadia Shepard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143115774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143115779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.48w x 0.83d","brand":"Sadia Shepard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829286236415,"sku":"9780143115779","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_456268ae-febb-40d4-b2d9-fb1cf3ea2082.jpg?v=1708450359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-girl-from-foreign-sadia-shepard-9780143115779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}