{"product_id":"burnt-sugar-9781419752933","title":"Burnt Sugar","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, a searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I would be lying if I say my mother's misery has never given me pleasure,\" says Antara, Tara's now-adult daughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a love story and a story about betrayal--not between lovers but between a mother and a daughter. . . . In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, embarked on a stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing a disheveled, homeless \"artist,\" all with little Antara in tow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But now Tara is forgetting things, and Antara is an adult--an artist and married--and must search for a way to make peace with a past that haunts her as she confronts the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, \u003ci\u003eBurnt Sugar \u003c\/i\u003eunpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds mother and daughter: Is Tara's memory loss real? Are Antara's memories fair? In vivid and visceral prose, Avni Doshi tells a story at once shocking and empathetic of a mother-daughter relationship and a daughter's search for self. A journey into shifting memories, altering identities, and the subjective nature of truth, \u003ci\u003eBurnt Sugar \u003c\/i\u003eis the stunning and unforgettable debut of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Overlook Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419752933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Avni Doshi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574387876021,"sku":"9781419752933","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cc2c45ec-62d6-45e0-a7eb-74b52417cd71.jpg?v=1643693563","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/burnt-sugar-9781419752933","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}