{"product_id":"half-life-9780312577919","title":"Half Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eCorner Sho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ep\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBitter Sweets\u003c\/i\u003e comes a luminous new novel about one woman's journey back home - to a past she once wanted only to forget.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's time to stop fighting, and go home.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose were the words, written by a minor but well-reputed Bengali poet, that finally persuaded Aruna Ahmed Jones to exit her ground-floor Victorian flat wearing only jeans and a t-shirt, carrying nothing more substantial than a handbag, and keep on walking. Leaving behind the handsome Dr. Patrick Jones, her husband of less than a year, Aruna heads to Heathrow, where she boards a plane bound for Singapore, and her old life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Aruna left for London, she was fleeing many things: her recently deceased father, the only family she'd ever had; her best friend and lover, Jazz, and the life they'd tried, and failed, to create together; the complicated psychological diagnosis she preferred to forget. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut after years of fleeing the ghosts that continue to haunt her, Aruna is about to discover that running away is really the easy part; it is coming home--making peace with Jazz, with her past, and even with herself--that is hard. With shades of \u003ci\u003eSlumdog Millionaire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Namesake\u003c\/i\u003e, Roopa Farooki's novel is luminous and gripping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312577919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.79w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/02\/2011 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roopa Farooki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635913814172,"sku":"9780312577919","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5d285bb8-d5bb-45b1-b59d-f0c33b7d9d71.jpg?v=1603840887","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/half-life-9780312577919","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}