{"product_id":"the-space-between-us-9781663608598","title":"The Space Between Us","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is a story intimately and compassionately told against the sensuous background of everyday life in Bombay.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Bracingly honest.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe author of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBombay Time\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIf Today Be Sweet\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, Thrity Umrigar is as adept and compelling in \u003cem\u003eThe Space Between Us\u003c\/em\u003e--vividly capturing the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictively readable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family. A portrayal of two women discovering an emotional rapport as they struggle against the confines of a rigid caste system, Umrigar's captivating second novel echoes the timeless intensity of Zora Neale Hurston's \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/em\u003e, Betty Smith's \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows in Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e, and Barbara Kingsolver's \u003cem\u003eThe Poisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e--a quintessential triumph of modern literary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtleback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781663608598","brand":"Thrity Umrigar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41490600722613,"sku":"9781663608598","price":26.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9a6409d6-ca4a-4cba-ba9c-891e311a5942.jpg?v=1640921496","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-space-between-us-9781663608598","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}