{"product_id":"the-woman-who-climbed-trees-9780063240490","title":"The Woman Who Climbed Trees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A stunning chronicle of an Indian woman's coming-of-age... This is electrifying.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Is this a ghost story?\" Meena asked the barber's wife who told the tale. \"I don't want to hear scary stories one night before I marry.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"Not all ghost stories are scary,\" said the barber's wife, laughing at Meena. \"Besides, we have a long time before us, and stories are little baskets to carry time away in.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExquisitely written, a blend of ghost stories, myths, and song, \u003cem\u003eThe Woman Who Climbed Trees\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting, deeply felt multi-generational story that illuminates the transitional nature of women's lives and the feeling of loss they experience, as they give up one home and family to become part of another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she marries a man from Nepal, Meena must leave behind her family and home in India and forge a new identity in a strange place. \u003cem\u003eThe Woman Who Climbed Trees\u003c\/em\u003e follows her, the women who surround her, and the daughter she eventually raises, as they carefully navigate the uncertain tides of their diasporic lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063240490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432","brand":"Smriti Ravindra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44988210512053,"sku":"9780063240490","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4e5ea907-8376-4a96-a150-dcfb3ee69f03.jpg?v=1735626650","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-woman-who-climbed-trees-9780063240490","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}