{"product_id":"child-of-the-divide","title":"Child of the Divide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have a boy. He is across the border, I know he is.\u003cbr\u003eA few miles between. The same stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShine on him\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummer 1947. Sixteen million people are on the move between India and the newly-formed Pakistan. Amid the violent political upheaval, young Pali’s fingers slip from his father’s hand, and his destiny changes forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLost, dispossessed and alone, Pali is saved by a Muslim family. The boy is given a new home and new family, a new name, a new faith and a new life. But seven years later, his real father returns to claim him and Pali’s life is turned upside down again. He is forced to decide who he is: the Hindu boy he was born to be, the Muslim boy he has become, or simply a child of the divide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition has been published to mark the 70th anniversary of the partition of India and a new high-profile production originating once again at the Polka Theatre. Sudha Bhuchar’s remarkable story of family, identity and belonging set against a fractured landscape is a fictionalised account of real experiences, of families torn apart and of stolen pasts, where friendship and love are found in unexpected places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010075152728,"sku":null,"price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350059405_faa25ad1-ca6a-41ef-9b6e-4c0f5a3f38c6.jpg?v=1770334217","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/child-of-the-divide","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}