{"product_id":"uprising-tahmima-anam-9781668230046","title":"Uprising","description":"\u003cb\u003eEqual parts heartrending and hopeful, \u003ci\u003eUprising\u003c\/i\u003e is an \"extraordinary\" (Salman Rushdie), \"powerful and uncompromising\" (Kamila Shamsie)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e portrait \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof women's lives told from the collective voice of th\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eeir children.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a desolate, sinking island off the coast of Bangladesh, a group of children witness their mothers living lives of cruelty and servitude. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bought and sold by Amma, the ruthless madam who was once herself sold into slavery, the women have accepted their fates as sex workers. Yet their children weave fantastic tales, imagining that someday they will escape the island and enjoy a life of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Kusum Khan, a young, educated woman from the city, is brought to the island, she too is subjected to Amma's violent induction. Yet Kusum refuses to yield, and soon the complacency of her fellow prisoners turns into ferocity and defiance. Together, they begin a rebellion that will upend their island and the very order of things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A blazing drama of resistance and female power by an author who \"deftly weaves the personal and the political\" (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eUprising \u003c\/i\u003egives voice to the silenced through the story of a revolution no one saw coming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tahmima Anam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668230046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668230046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.51d","brand":"Tahmima Anam","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440721539327,"sku":"9781668230046","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bad22dd9-5867-4f4d-bc14-ddafaa37c5b0.jpg?v=1777184367","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/uprising-tahmima-anam-9781668230046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}