{"product_id":"gifted-14","title":"Gifted","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a voice that is by turns very funny and fiercely tender, \u003ci\u003eGifted \u003c\/i\u003eby Nikita Lalwani brings us a captivating story of high aspirations and deep longing, and of the sometime loneliness of childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her father's determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. India infuses her with a romantic sense of belonging and, as she grows older, and desire becomes a dirty word in the Vasi household, the idea of love is opened up to painful examination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A sparkling funny and poignant study of a young maths prodigy struggling with her gift and a difficult family' Gerard Woodward, Books Of The Year, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb, brilliantly realised. The searing narrative is unflinchingly and tenderly written' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNikita Lalwani was born in Rajasthan and raised in Cardiff. Her first novel \u003ci\u003eGifted\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and won the Desmond Elliott Prize. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54228130529624,"sku":"9780141030395","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141030395.jpg?v=1777113929","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gifted-14","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}