{"product_id":"western-lane-hardcover-by-chetna-maroo","title":"Western Lane Hardcover by Chetna Maroo","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                    \n                        \n                            \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                            \u003cul\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eKnopf Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2023-02-07)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e160\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781039004030\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e226.8\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.8 x 5.24 x 0.65\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and a young athlete's struggle to transcend herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Few novelists write this simply and richly. With this gorgeous debut, Maroo blows most of the competition off the court.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut on the court, she is not alone. She is with her pa. She is with Ged, a thirteen-year-old boy with his own formidable talent. She is with the players who have come before her. She is in awe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn   indelible   coming-of-age   story,   Chetna   Maroo’s first novel captures the ordinary and annihilates  it  with  beauty.  \u003ci\u003eWestern  Lane\u003c\/i\u003e is  a  valentine  to innocence, to the closeness of sisterhood, to the strange ways we come to know ourselves and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                            \u003cp\u003eCHETNA MAROO lives in London. Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dublin Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the recipient of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e’s   2022 Plimpton Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \n                    \n                    \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43150401601697,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781039004030","price":28.45,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9781039004030.jpg?v=1691979755","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/western-lane-hardcover-by-chetna-maroo","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}