{"product_id":"9780312423841","title":"There Is Room for You : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThere Is Room for You\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Charlotte Bacon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A richly endowed memory piece...Bacon is a seductive and gifted storyteller.\"—Maureen Howard, author of \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Singer, a charmingly independent young New Yorker, feels derailed after losing her father to a car accident and her husband to a younger woman. She books a trip to India, hoping that there she will be able to put her grief into perspective. Though this is her first visit, India has always tantalized her: her English mother, Rose, was raised in Calcutta during the twilight of the British Raj, but seldom spoke of her childhood. Then, as Anna departs, Rose gives her a manuscript in which she has recorded her Indian memories, torn between two cultures and belonging completely to neither.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Readable and sophisticated...it makes us want to stay, indeed, unable to turn away from the ultimate fate of this vulnerable family unsure of just how and where they fit together, but about to discover the way.” —\u003ci\u003eChristine Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intelligent, richly atmospheric...unconventional glimpses of India past and present sit vividly side by side with reflections on politics, perception and racial identity.” —\u003ci\u003ePublisher Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging...a subtle bildungsroman.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bacon has woven an insightful mother-daughter saga into her depiction of the complexity that is India, creating a satisfying amalgam of past and present.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312423841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673532313806,"sku":"9780312423841","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_19c4a5ce-e2c2-446d-96c2-5446481aec29.jpg?v=1639887209","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312423841","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}