{"product_id":"the-space-between-us-large-print","title":"The Space Between Us (Large Print)","description":"\"This is a story intimately and compassionately toldagainst the sensuous background of everyday life in Bombay.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Bracingly honest.\"\u003cem\u003e --New York Times Book Review \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 at adept andcompelling in \u003cem\u003eThe Space Between Us\u003c\/em\u003e--vividlycapturing the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictivelyreadable novel of honor, tradition, class, gender, and family. A portrayal oftwo woman discovering an emotional rapport as they struggle against theconfines of a rigid caste system, Umrigar'scaptivating second novel echoes the timeless intensity of ZoraNeale Hurston's \u003cem\u003eTheir Eyes Were WatchingGod\u003c\/em\u003e, Betty Smith's \u003cem\u003eA Tree Grows inBrooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e, and Barbara Kingsolver's \u003cem\u003eThePoisonwood Bible\u003c\/em\u003e--a quintessential triumph of modern literary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUmrigar, Thrity:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThrity Umrigar\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of seven novels \u003cem\u003eEverybody's Son\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Story Hour\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe World We Found\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Space Between Us\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIf Today Be Sweet\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBombay Time\u003c\/em\u003e; a memoir, \u003cem\u003eFirst Darling of the Morning\u003c\/em\u003e; and a children's picture book, \u003cem\u003eWhen I Carried You in My Belly\u003c\/em\u003e. A former journalist, she was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to Harvard and was a finalist for the PEN Beyond Margins Award. A professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459894055186,"sku":"9780061121241","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9812768-795b-4ba5-b405-783b3cda4617.jpg?v=1730012368","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-space-between-us-large-print","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}