{"product_id":"the-sleepwalkers-guide-to-dancing-9780812985061","title":"The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA winning, irreverent debut novel about a family wrestling with its future and its past\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--for readers of J. Courtney Sullivan, Meg Wolitzer, Mona Simpson, and Jhumpa Lahiri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE BOSTON GLOBE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, BUSTLE, \u003c\/i\u003eAND EMILY GOULD, \u003ci\u003eTHE MILLIONS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith depth, heart, and agility, debut novelist Mira Jacob takes us on a deftly plotted journey that ranges from 1970s India to suburban 1980s New Mexico to Seattle during the dot.com boom. \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic, irreverent testimony to the bonds of love, the pull of hope, and the power of making peace with life's uncertainties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Celebrated brain surgeon Thomas Eapen has been sitting on his porch, talking to dead relatives. At least that is the story his wife, Kamala, prone to exaggeration, tells their daughter, Amina, a photographer living in Seattle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reluctantly Amina returns home and finds a situation that is far more complicated than her mother let on, with roots in a trip the family, including Amina's rebellious brother Akhil, took to India twenty years earlier. Confronted by Thomas's unwillingness to explain himself, strange looks from the hospital staff, and a series of puzzling items buried in her mother's garden, Amina soon realizes that the only way she can help her father is by coming to terms with her family's painful past. In doing so, she must reckon with the ghosts that haunt all of the Eapens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With wit and a rich understanding of human foibles, Jacob unspools a story that will touch your heart.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--People \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Optimistic, unpretentious and refreshingly witty.\"\u003cb\u003e--Associated Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"By turns hilarious and tender and always attuned to shifts of emotion . . .  Jacob's] characters shimmer with life.\u003cb\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A rich, engrossing debut told with lightness and care.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" A] sprawling, poignant, often humorous novel . . . Told with humor and sympathy for its characters, the book serves as a bittersweet lesson in the binding power of family, even when we seek to break out from it.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Moving forward and back in time, Jacob balances comedy and romance with indelible sorrow. . . . When her plot springs surprises, she lets them happen just as they do in life: blindsidingly right in the middle of things.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812985061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Mira Jacob","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644456333468,"sku":"9780812985061","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_306acae5-5b86-4d48-8481-6d9c991404ff.jpg?v=1603858671","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sleepwalkers-guide-to-dancing-9780812985061","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}