{"product_id":"the-blue-bedspread-9780156010887","title":"The Blue Bedspread","description":"In the middle of a steamy Calcutta night the phone rings. An unnamed man in a city of millions answers to a voice telling him that his long-lost sister is dead. He must go to the hospital to identify the body and claim his sister's orphaned newborn daughter until she can be adopted the next day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the long hot night, the baby sleeps on a bedspread that used to be indigo blue, but has faded to almost white. As the child lies where the man and his sister used to sleep as children, he quietly writes stories for her, telling of his own childhood full of intensity, anguish, and poetry. He doesn't know his place in the world, but with the help of these stories, the baby someday might. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaj Kamal Jha's ethereal, poetic prose echoes the loneliness of the human condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156010887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2001 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Raj Kamal Jha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132450738357,"sku":"9780156010887","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2549fb64-f9d6-4f34-bf5e-9a842fc642a2.jpg?v=1652813179","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-blue-bedspread-9780156010887","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}