{"product_id":"stolen-9781504077583","title":"Robado","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A nicely balanced account of marital breakdown in peculiarly difficult circumstances\" from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As flirtatious as she is rebellious, Marianne has always wanted out of her hometown of Ashford. And at eighteen, she's found the perfect man to take her away. Pakistani Salim Siddiqi is ridiculously handsome and stunningly smart. While Marianne waltzes through town in suede miniskirts and knee-high boots (it is the sixties after all), Salim reads Wordsworth and Keats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After their wedding, the honeymoon seems to last forever. But having two children and buying a house reveal differences that become impossible to ignore. Marianne refuses to just stay at home, taking a job at her friend's catering company, while Salim becomes increasingly jealous and possessive of her time. And when Marianne turns to another man, her life explodes around her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Salim bolts, taking their daughter and son with him back to Pakistan. Legally, there's little Marianne can do. For years, she desperately fights to regain custody. Adjusting to her new normal isn't an option as long as her children are caught between two warring parents, two cultures, and two continents . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Captures brilliantly the basic incompatibilities and misunderstandings that arise when two people have little knowledge of each other's culture . . . both funny and moving.\" --\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A likeable protagonist . . . The themes are those of an ambitious, dynamic novel . . . Absorbing . . . dramatic and disturbing.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12327070\"\u003eDeborah Moggach\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504077583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150407758X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045010\"\u003eFamily Life | Marriage \u0026amp; Divorce\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027020\"\u003eRomance | Contemporary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Moggach is an English novelist and screenwriter. She graduated from Bristol University, trained as a teacher, and then worked at Oxford University Press. In the mid-seventies, Moggach moved to Pakistan for two years, where she started composing articles for Pakistani newspapers and her first novel, \u003ci\u003eYou Must Be Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels \u003ci\u003eThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTulip Fever\u003c\/i\u003e were adapted for film in 2011 and 2017 respectively. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moggach began writing screenplays in the mid-eighties. Her screenplay for an adaption of \u003ci\u003ePride \u0026amp; Prejudice \u003c\/i\u003estarring Keira Knightley received a BAFTA nomination, and she won a Writers Guild Award for her adaptation of Anne Fine's \u003ci\u003eGoggle-Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e. She has served as Chair of the Management Committee for the Society of Authors and worked for PEN's Executive Committee, as well as being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Moggach currently lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432378101997,"sku":"9781504077583","price":26.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_498327ed-fd6e-4bf7-8b02-6b6c4c35c347.jpg?v=1700042504","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/stolen-9781504077583","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}