{"product_id":"the-ledger-abbas-sadak-9781066744947","title":"The Ledger","description":"\u003cp\u003eOthers pass down the quiet habits of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kampala, every day begins with small rituals no one questions anymore: schoolbooks wrapped against rain, papers lifted away from puddles, forms checked and rechecked before children leave for school. What was once temporary has slowly become ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside a modest family home, Jaya grows up surrounded by fading transit records, corrected addresses, old photographs, school forms, and documents carried across generations. At first they seem like fragments of the past - reminders of movement, uncertainty, and lives interrupted long ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as storms return season after season and the same careful routines repeat themselves inside the house, Jaya begins to realise something unsettling: the records were never only preserving history. They were teaching each generation how to live inside instability without falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside, life in the city continues as always. Children play football in flooded lanes. Buses grind through rain-soaked streets. Families laugh, argue, eat, work, and carry on. Yet beneath the ordinary rhythm of daily life, an invisible inheritance moves quietly from parent to child - the instinct to protect fragile things before the next storm arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ledger is a deeply atmospheric and emotionally powerful novel about memory, migration, family, and the quiet ways uncertainty reshapes ordinary lives across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abbas Sadak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1066744947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781066744947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abbas Sadak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Abbas Sadak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997916639487,"sku":"9781066744947","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ledger-abbas-sadak-9781066744947","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}