{ "item_title" : "Honor", "item_author" : [" Thrity Umrigar "], "item_description" : "A January 2023 Books-A-Million Staff PickThis is a book that is not always easy to read, but it is unquestionably easy to recommend.This contemporary novel is set in modern-day India. It follows two female protagonists: Smita Agarwal, an American-Indian journalist tasked with returning to her homeland to cover the story of Meena, a Hindu woman whose brothers set fire to her home... killing her Muslim husband and disfiguring her in the process.Given the content of the novel, there are some difficult scenes to read. However, they are worth working through, as the reader is gifted with a moving story of love, religious prejudices, and familial sacrifices. - Recommended by Ella from Niles, OHTHE JANUARY 2022 REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In the way A Thousand Splendid Suns told of Afghanistan's women, Thrity Umrigar tells a story of India with the intimacy of one who knows the many facets of a land both modern and ancient, awash in contradictions. --Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide. Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meena--a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man--Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one's own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita's own past. While Meena's fate hangs in the balance, Smita tries in every way she can to right the scales. She also finds herself increasingly drawn to Mohan, an Indian man she meets while on assignment. But the dual love stories of Honor are as different as the cultures of Meena and Smita themselves: Smita realizes she has the freedom to enter into a casual affair, knowing she can decide later how much it means to her. In this tender and evocative novel about love, hope, familial devotion, betrayal, and sacrifice, Thrity Umrigar shows us two courageous women trying to navigate how to be true to their homelands and themselves at the same time. ", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/64/375/330/1643753304_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "18.99", "online_price" : "18.99", "our_price" : "18.99", "club_price" : "18.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "18.99" } }

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