{"product_id":"my-sweet-girl-paperback","title":"My Sweet Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Jayatissa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMy Sweet Girl \u003c\/i\u003epushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do\u003cb\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fiendish [and] full of twists.... Sri Lankan author Amanda Jayatissa keeps us guessing and worrying until the very end.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A thriller centered on the meaning of identity and all the layers it can have.\"--NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she's about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e catches up to you... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything--schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents' funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma has to admit, it feels good helping someone find their way in America--that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him face down in a pool of blood. She flees the apartment but by the time the police arrive, there's no body--and no evidence that Arun ever even existed in the first place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paloma is terrified this is all somehow tangled up in the desperate actions she took to escape Sri Lanka so many years ago. Did Paloma's secret die with Arun or is she now in greater danger than ever before?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Jayatissa\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Sri Lanka, completed her undergrad at Mills College in California and lived in the UK before moving back to her sunny little island. She works as a corporate trainer, owns a chain of cookie stores, and is a proud dog mum to her two spoiled huskies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 8.25 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765865775392,"sku":"9780593335093","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9a947f5b32495eae9e1bddd901bd3c6f.webp?v=1780281986","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-sweet-girl-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}