{"product_id":"the-runaways-9781839760341","title":"The Runaways","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Dazzling. A novel that holds up to scrutiny a world of claustrophobic war zones, virulent social media and cities collapsing upon themselves, and then sets it down again, transformed by the grace of storytelling.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Siddartha Deb, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Point of Return\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnita lives in Karachi's biggest slum. Her mother is a maalish wali, paid to massage the tired bones of rich women. But Anita's life will change forever when she meets her elderly neighbour, a man whose shelves of books promise an escape to a different world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the other side of Karachi lives Monty, whose father owns half the city and expects great things of him. But when a beautiful and rebellious girl joins his school, Monty will find his life going in a very different direction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSunny's father left India and went to England to give his son the opportunities he never had. Yet Sunny doesn't fit in anywhere. It's only when his charismatic cousin comes back into his life that he realises his life could hold more possibilities than he ever imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese three lives will cross in the desert, a place where life and death walk hand in hand, and where their closely guarded secrets will force them to make a terrible choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839760341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Fatima Bhutto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669570285724,"sku":"9781839760341","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_346363ef-5158-40a8-8d80-56da845bc3dd.jpg?v=1603920499","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-runaways-9781839760341","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}