{"product_id":"9780061752605","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.","brand":"Thrity Umrigar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46908477210773,"sku":"9780061752605","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780061752605_4cbc42cb-c877-47c8-833a-4e44c72733e6.jpg?v=1776890046","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780061752605","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}