{"product_id":"9781399628945-love-marriage","title":"Love Marriage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom the author of 2024 Women's Prize-winning BROTHERLESS NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e'In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak only of two kinds of marriage. The first is the Arranged Marriage. The second is the Love Marriage.' An outstanding debut novel of fractured family relationships in modern Sri Lanka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn outstanding debut novel of fractured family relationships in modern Sri Lanka, from the author of the Women's Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eBrotherless Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully written' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ganeshananthan is a superb writer' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Moving and intelligent' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak only of two kinds of marriage. The first is the Arranged Marriage. The second is the Love Marriage.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReverse a family tree and branches of blood are whittled down to one person - in this case, first-generation American Yalini. The daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants, Yalini finds herself caught between the traditions of her ancestors and the lure of her own modern world. When she is summoned to Toronto to help care for her dying uncle, Kumaran, Yalini is forced to see that violence is not a relic of the Sri Lankan past, but very much a part of her Western present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Kumaran's loved ones gather around him to say goodbye, Yalini traces her family's roots through a series of marriages  - Love Marriage, Arranged Marriage, and all that lies in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41744583196769,"sku":"9781399628945","price":8.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12611034_17594615.jpg?v=1732534085","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399628945-love-marriage","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}