{"product_id":"my-war-my-child-9781955836210","title":"My War, My Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful debut novel by an award-winning author who \"offers the reader a glimpse into the lives of women who are largely ignored by society.\"- Meera Ekkanath Klein, author of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eMy Mother's Kitchen: A Novel with Recipes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSeeing Ceremony\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA law student at Dhaka University, Afsana's future is bright. Her greatest concern is whether or not her parents will approve of her marriage. When they do, the young bride knows she can face anything the future holds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen war breaks out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix years later, she encounters a ghost from her past-her first husband, presumed dead in the fighting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy War, My Child\u003c\/em\u003e vividly and compassionately tells the story of Bengali \u003cem\u003ebirangona, \u003c\/em\u003ethe war heroines, whose lives were brutally torn apart by the 1971 War for Independence. Though the fight resulted in the freedom and independent nation so craved by the Bengali people, hundreds of thousands of women's lives were devastated, leaving them to scrape together the pieces and carry on as best they could-often with children and orphans forced upon them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a piece of history you've never heard before, an inside look at the resilience and strength of women around the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\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-12509616\"\u003eBharati Sen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Admission Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955836210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1955836213\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-FIC014080\"\u003eHistorical | 20th Century | General\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-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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Admission Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48460182323437,"sku":"9781955836210","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_f253cfc8-5da3-4068-8d0e-1cd9ac9d6478.jpg?v=1753661916","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/my-war-my-child-9781955836210","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}