{"product_id":"child-of-the-divide-9781350059405","title":"Child of the Divide","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sudha Bhuchar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - Playwriting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082838728855,"sku":"9781350059405","price":1529.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350059405.webp?v=1767098646","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/child-of-the-divide-9781350059405","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}