{"product_id":"china-room-2","title":"China Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the multi-prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Runaways\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a novel of forbidden love that echoes across the generations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''China Room\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of novel that reminds you why you fell in love with reading'' Open Book, \u003ci\u003eBBC Radio 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Booker Prize 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglist for the Ondaatje Prize 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph , Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days at work in the family''s ''china room'', sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spiralling around Mehar''s story is that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its ''china room'' locked and barred. In enforced flight from the traumas of his adolescence - his experiences of addiction, racism, and estrangement from the culture of his birth - he spends a summer in contemplation and recovery, finally gathering the strength to return home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaders love CHINA ROOM:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***** Amazing... I could not put it down!\u003cbr\u003e***** The characters jump off the pages... Beautiful\u003cbr\u003e***** Powerful and heart-wrenching\u003cbr\u003e***** Wonderful... I read it in one sitting\u003cbr\u003e***** Gripping storytelling... An easy five stars\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315032727934,"sku":"NW9781911215851","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781911215851.jpg?v=1778659063","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/china-room-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}