{"product_id":"under-the-udala-trees","title":"Under the Udala Trees, by Chinelo Okparanta","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne day in 1968, at the height of the Biafran civil war, Ijeoma's father is killed and her world is transformed forever. Separated from her grief-stricken mother, she meets another young lost girl, Amina, and the two become inseparable. Theirs is a relationship that will shake the foundations of Ijeoma's faith, test her resolve and flood her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this masterful novel of faith, love and redemption, Okparanta takes us from Ijeoma's childhood in war-torn Biafra, through the perils and pleasures of her blossoming sexuality, her wrong turns, and into the everyday sorrows and joys of marriage and motherhood. As we journey with Ijeoma we are drawn to the question: what is the value of love and what is the cost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChinelo Okparanta was born in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. She was one ofbGranta's New\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eí«ÌÎ_Voices for 2012 and her writing has appeared in theí«ÌÎ_\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,í«ÌÎ_\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,í«ÌÎ_\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,í«ÌÎ_\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and elsewhere. Her story 'America' was short-listed for the Caine Prize in African Writing. She is a finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award for her debut short story collection,í«ÌÎ_\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHappiness, Like Waterí«ÌÎ_\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Granta). Her debut novel will be published by Granta in 2015.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAuthor Chinelo Okparanta\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781847088383\u003cbr\u003eFormat Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePages 328p.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Ball","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308314116181,"sku":"9781847088383","price":235.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/0053\/8453\/products\/Under_the_Udala_Trees.jpg?v=1617200920","url":"https:\/\/vikas-test.myshopify.com\/products\/under-the-udala-trees","provider":"Vikas Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}