{"product_id":"patchwork-stories-from-the-dining-table-9780595389216","title":"Patchwork: Stories from the Dining Table","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Isabelle Actis-Malumeja\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen women from different parts of the world get together around a dining table what do they do? They tell stories. Each person sparks memories and imagination in the others until experience and invention are stitched into a rich patchwork. Join the Dining Table Writers; Vim, Urmilla, Rose, Marlene, Ki, Isabelle and Denise with their tales of a right of passage in traditional Sri Lanka, the art of making dahi in rural India and mysterious events in New Zealand. Uncover family secrets in a wardrobe in Mexico. Find out how a marriage is saved by timely advice from a Filipino nun, how living with the man you love in Lyon is quite a different matter from being a bride in rural Zimbabwe, and what one Oxford student came up against when seeking to visit the capital of seventeenth century Persia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Each story in this collection represents a highly individual interpretation of a situation or relationship where one culture bumps into another and the world tilts, if ever so slightly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatchwork\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of collaboration by seven writers and the proceeds will go to the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund, a charity which awards grants to women from developing countries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45151476973719,"sku":"9780595389216","price":797.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780595389216.webp?v=1767296472","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/patchwork-stories-from-the-dining-table-9780595389216","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}