{"product_id":"rice-mother","title":"Rice Mother","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRice Mother\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRani Manicka\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780142004548\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e464\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eAt the age of fourteen, Lakshmi leaves behind her childhood among the mango trees of Ceylon for married life across the ocean in Malaysia, and soon finds herself struggling to raise a family in a country that is, by turns, unyielding and amazing, brutal and beautiful. Giving birth to a child every year until she is nineteen, Lakshmi becomes a formidable matriarch, determined to secure a better life for her daughters and sons. From the Japanese occupation during World War II to the torture of watching some of her children succumb to life's most terrible temptations, she rises to face every new challenge with almost mythic strength. Dreamy and lyrical, told in the alternating voices of the men and women of this amazing family, \u003cb\u003eThe Rice Mother\u003c\/b\u003e gorgeously evokes a world where small pleasures offset unimaginable horrors, where ghosts and gods walk hand in hand. It marks the triumphant debut of a writer whose wisdom and soaring prose will touch readers, especially women, the world over.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Rice Mother | Rani Manicka | Paperback | 9780142004548 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks H 1769355","offer_id":49518267269272,"sku":"1769355","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91EQyN0PbFL.jpg?v=1784619578","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/rice-mother","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}