{"product_id":"what-will-people-say-a-novel-9789354474385","title":"What Will People Say? a Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Mihika, 56 and a widow, gets drawn into a relationship with Zuhayr, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e60-year-old divorcee who was her late husbandAditya's friend, it doesn't seem to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher like an event that should cause more than a raised eyebrow or two. Not in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwenty-first century, and not when their grown-up children are happy that their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparents have found a second chance at happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut inTinigaon-a small town inAssam-it is just not done for a woman of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMihika's age to have a romantic relationship-that, too, with a man from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Religion: a Muslim.Tinigaon's Old Guard is scandalized as Mihika and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZuhayr are seen together in restaurants and cinema halls, 'flaunting' their affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a nosy neighbour, Ranjana, keeps the moral brigade busy with juicy details of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZuhayr's late-night comings and goings from Mihika's house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMihika decides to ignore the gossipmongering and slander and remain true to her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelationship with Zuhayr, who has filled a void in her life afterAditya's death five\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears ago.As long as her four closest friends, Tara, Triveni, Shagufta and Pallavi, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estand by her, she doesn't care if others turn away. But when the gossip turns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto something more sinister that could threaten her daughterVeda's happiness, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMihika is forced to take a call-should she give up the man she loves for her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaughter's sake, or is there an alternative that could give them both what they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewant?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with great sensitivity and gentle humour, Mitra Phukan proves once\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagain that she is an extraordinary chronicler of the human heart. Rooted, like all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher fiction, in the culture and sensibilities ofAssam, What Will People Say? speaks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto all of us, wherever we are, whoever we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354474385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mitra Phukan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42907709112501,"sku":"9789354474385","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c73b42f2-4a37-46cc-b5c4-f3e1cc86be73.jpg?v=1686667291","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/what-will-people-say-a-novel-9789354474385","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}