{"product_id":"listening-now-9798337201382","title":"Listening Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eFear and Lovely\u003c\/i\u003e: \"A large book in every sense, a panorama filled with insight and surprise, inviting, absorbing and satisfying.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Crossword Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an ordinary New Delhi neighborhood, fatherless twelve-year-old Mallika is full of romantic dreams. Her mother, her mother's friends, her aunt, her grandmother--none of them understand what it means to be passionate, to feel sorrow or excitement, to yearn. Or so she believes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In truth, these six women have secrets and desires and complicated pasts that Mallika cannot yet comprehend--and their seemingly dull, safe lives are anything but . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An eloquent interweaving of perspectives . . . Appachana succeeds in drawing us deep into this complex vision of shattered happiness and withered dreams.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Intensely lyrical.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Appachana can imbue the texture of women's quotidian existence with solidity and substance.\" --Meenakshi Mukherjee, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perishable Empire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Anjana Appachana\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An extremely gifted writer.\" --\u003ci\u003eSunday Observer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798337201382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d","brand":"Anjana Appachana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085728116917,"sku":"9798337201382","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f1cd7705-f171-4116-bdd1-3760b7f4264f.jpg?v=1765295037","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/listening-now-9798337201382","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}