{"product_id":"listening-now-paperback","title":"Listening Now - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnjana Appachana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eFear and Lovely\u003c\/i\u003e: \"A large book in every sense, a panorama filled with insight and surprise, inviting, absorbing and satisfying.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Crossword Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an ordinary New Delhi neighborhood, fatherless twelve-year-old Mallika is full of romantic dreams. Her mother, her mother's friends, her aunt, her grandmother--none of them understand what it means to be passionate, to feel sorrow or excitement, to yearn. Or so she believes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In truth, these six women have secrets and desires and complicated pasts that Mallika cannot yet comprehend--and their seemingly dull, safe lives are anything but . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An eloquent interweaving of perspectives . . . Appachana succeeds in drawing us deep into this complex vision of shattered happiness and withered dreams.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Intensely lyrical.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Appachana can imbue the texture of women's quotidian existence with solidity and substance.\" --Meenakshi Mukherjee, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perishable Empire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Anjana Appachana\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An extremely gifted writer.\" --\u003ci\u003eSunday Observer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Anjana Appachana is a novelist and short story author. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eIncantations \u0026amp; Other Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1991. The story in her novel \u003ci\u003eListening Now\u003c\/i\u003e continues in her latest book, \u003ci\u003eFear and Lovely\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short stories have been included in several anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eMirrorwork\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection edited by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West. Appachana has received an O. Henry Festival Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship. She splits her time between the United States and India. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47268455874809,"sku":"9798337201382","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wCFllxbuUL9798337201382.webp?v=1768880312","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/listening-now-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}