{"product_id":"foreign-a-novel-of-land-and-longing-9780063440906","title":"Foreign: A Novel of Land and Longing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mother returns to her home country of India to bring back her runaway adolescent son and discovers anew the surprise and crises of the place she left behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatya Misra leads a carefully constructed academic life in Seattle--until one evening, she learns her adolescent son Kabir has run away to India to find the father he has never met. Contemptuous of her mother country, Katya is determined to bring her son home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeign \u003c\/i\u003ethen moves to a small Indian village gripped by an epidemic of farmers taking their own lives. Here, Katya finds Kabir in the care of the family of Bajirao Andhale, a farmer turned desperate from debt, drought, and the crushing costs it will take to get his daughter married. When Bajirao's wife Gayatri-bai saves Kabir's life, she in turn seeks Katya's help to stop Bajirao from taking his own. As their fates intertwine, each must encounter the others' struggles--and ask who truly belongs, and who must let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA reckoning with humanity's neglect of those closest to the land, \u003ci\u003e Foreign\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing, achingly tender, and urgent depiction of modern-day India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13702751\"\u003eSonora Jha\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063440906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063440903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC031080\"\u003eThrillers | Psychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC054000\"\u003eAsian American \u0026amp; Pacific Islander\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229297889577,"sku":"9780063440906","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/9780063440906.jpg?v=1790354669","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/foreign-a-novel-of-land-and-longing-9780063440906","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}