{"product_id":"things-my-mother-told-me-9780751573503","title":"Things My Mother Told Me","description":"A touching, moving and funny novel about love, loss, family, cultural divides and the voices we all hear inside our heads - perfect for readers of Rowan Coleman and Shappi Khorsandi\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI've read lots of stories about Asian mothers, seen various send-ups of them on TV programmes and watched all the standard Asian coming-of-age films. I've seen lots of send-ups about mothers in general, Asian or not. I don't want to make my mum out to be just another caricature. But sometimes she can make it really difficult.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Anjali finds out that Jack, her boyfriend of ten years, has been cheating on her, it throws her world into chaos. Heartbroken, she fills the emptiness by embarking on a series of flings that her traditional Sri Lankan mother would (mostly) disapprove of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet she can no longer avoid her mother or Shanthi, her distant older sister. And so begins her real journey, one that will make Anjali confront a past she's been desperate to forget. But maybe the past can also be the bridge to her future . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravelling between England and Sri Lanka, \u003ci\u003eThings My Mother Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm, moving and funny story about love, loss, family, cultural divides and the voices we hear in our heads. It will stay with you long after you've turned the final page.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42978361442470,"sku":"9780751573503","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/things-my-mother-told-me-9780751573503-28938279256242.jpg?v=1656107191","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/things-my-mother-told-me-9780751573503","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}