{"title":"Avni Doshi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvni Doshi\u003c\/strong\u003e writes deeply reflective and emotionally intricate novels that explore complex family dynamics and the nuances of memory and identity. Her work invites readers into intimate, often unsettling relationships, portrayed with lyrical precision and honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect narratives that challenge conventional perspectives on love and loss, set against rich, evocative backdrops. Doshi's fiction merges psychological insight with vivid storytelling, making each book a profound meditation on the human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"burnt-sugar-by-avni-doshi-9780241989142","title":"Burnt Sugar","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA searing and addictive literary debut about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her arranged marriage to join an ashram, took a hapless artist for a lover, and rebelled against every social expectation of a good Indian woman—all with her young child in tow. Years on, she is an old woman with a fading memory, mixing up her maid's wages and leaving the gas on all night. Her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a mother who never seemed to care for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a poisoned love story. But not between lovers—between mother and daughter. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, \u003cem\u003eBurnt Sugar\u003c\/em\u003e gradually untangles the knot of memory and myth that bind two women together, revealing the truth that lies beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494579556588,"sku":"9780241989142","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3604963482274.jpg?v=1748457867"},{"product_id":"the-first-house-by-avni-doshi-9780241819081","title":"The First House","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eBurnt Sugar\u003c\/em\u003e comes a gripping psychodrama of unravelling and rebirth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA woman's husband walks into their bedroom one evening and tells her that he wants a divorce. She is stunned. They have always had a happy marriage, an almost perfect marriage. In the following days, marooned with two young daughters in a hostile suburb, the woman starts coming apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs she sifts through the ruins of a shared life, she begins to notice the warning signs which she chose not to see the first time around. She wanders deep into her own mind, where marital scenes intermingle with the old myths of headless women and vengeful goddesses. Over the course of a single summer, she is splitting like an insect in its chrysalis, liquifying and reforming, stretching her new antennae toward the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStiletto-sharp and darkly hypnotic, this is a novel about unhappy families - about the bloody battlefield of the home and the enduring threat posed by those closest to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47582732550380,"sku":"9780241819081","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241819081-the-first-house.jpg?v=1777438347"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/avni-doshi.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}