{"product_id":"a-small-sacrifice-for-an-enormous-happiness-stories-9780525658948","title":"A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn immersive, globe-trotting short story collection about families that cross borders from the National Jewish Book Award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e A Play for the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (\"an impressive debut\"--Meg Wolitzer).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fourteen masterful stories that make up this collection, Jai Chakrabarti crosses continents and cultures to explore what it means to cultivate a family today, across borders, religions, and race. In the title story, a closeted gay man in 1980s Kolkata seeks to have a child with his lover's wife. An Indian widow, engaged to a Jewish man, struggles to balance her cultural identity with the rituals and traditions of her newfound family. An American musician travels to see his guru for the final time--and makes a promise he cannot keep. A young woman from an Indian village arrives in Brooklyn to care for the toddler of a biracial couple. And a mystical agent is sent by a mother to solve her son's domestic problems. Throughout, the characters' most vulnerable desires shape life-altering decisions as they seek to balance their needs against those of the people they hold closest. The stories \u003ci\u003ein A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e capture men and women struggling with transformation and familial bonds; they traverse the intersections of countries and cultures to illuminate what it means to love in uncertain times; and they showcase the skill of a storyteller who dazzles with the breadth of his vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525658948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jai Chakrabarti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42573219135669,"sku":"9780525658948","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4ba6aee3-b66d-4579-92ca-17931421d995.jpg?v=1672154741","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-small-sacrifice-for-an-enormous-happiness-stories-9780525658948","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}