{"product_id":"what-will-people-say-a-novel-paperback","title":"What Will People Say? a Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitra Phukan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mihika, 56 and a widow, gets drawn into a relationship with Zuhayr, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e60-year-old divorcee who was her late husbandAditya's friend, it doesn't seem to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher like an event that should cause more than a raised eyebrow or two. Not in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwenty-first century, and not when their grown-up children are happy that their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparents have found a second chance at happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut inTinigaon-a small town inAssam-it is just not done for a woman of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMihika's age to have a romantic relationship-that, too, with a man from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Religion: a Muslim.Tinigaon's Old Guard is scandalized as Mihika and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZuhayr are seen together in restaurants and cinema halls, 'flaunting' their affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a nosy neighbour, Ranjana, keeps the moral brigade busy with juicy details of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZuhayr's late-night comings and goings from Mihika's house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMihika decides to ignore the gossipmongering and slander and remain true to her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erelationship with Zuhayr, who has filled a void in her life afterAditya's death five\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears ago.As long as her four closest friends, Tara, Triveni, Shagufta and Pallavi, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estand by her, she doesn't care if others turn away. But when the gossip turns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto something more sinister that could threaten her daughterVeda's happiness, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMihika is forced to take a call-should she give up the man she loves for her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edaughter's sake, or is there an alternative that could give them both what they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewant?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with great sensitivity and gentle humour, Mitra Phukan proves once\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagain that she is an extraordinary chronicler of the human heart. Rooted, like all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher fiction, in the culture and sensibilities ofAssam, What Will People Say? speaks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto all of us, wherever we are, whoever we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733361266751,"sku":"9789354474385","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a8d85a1be00d3d860d1302f68e3c3049.webp?v=1765135653","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/what-will-people-say-a-novel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}