{"product_id":"unrestored-woman-paperback","title":"Unrestored Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShobha Rao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"What an astonishing collection! Provoking, ferocious, moving, splendid, generous and essential. I seemed to finish the book in a different world than the one in which I began it.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet In Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStranger Things Happen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her mesmerizing debut, Shobha Rao recounts the untold human costs of one of the largest migrations in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1947: the Indian subcontinent is partitioned into two separate countries, India and Pakistan. And with one decree, countless lives are changed forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Unrestored Woman\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fault lines in this mass displacement of humanity: a new mother is trapped on the wrong side of the border; a soldier finds the love of his life but is powerless to act on it; an ambitious servant seduces both master and mistress; a young prostitute quietly, inexorably plots revenge on the madam who holds her hostage. Caught in a world of shifting borders, Rao's characters have reached their tipping points. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn paired stories that hail from India and Pakistan to the United States, Italy, and England, we witness the ramifications of the violent uprooting of families, the price they pay over generations, and the uncanny relevance these stories have in our world today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShobha Rao\u003c\/b\u003e moved to the U.S. from India at the age of seven. She is the winner of the 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction, awarded by Nimrod International Journal. She has been a resident at Hedgebrook and is the recipient of an Elizabeth George Foundation fellowship. Her story \"Kavitha and Mustafa\" was chosen by T.C. Boyle for inclusion in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2015\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761009492256,"sku":"9781250118721","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/454778fe98f970bc9ae654da4791d3ca.webp?v=1780197018","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/unrestored-woman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}