{"product_id":"balika-jane-na","title":"Balika Jane Na","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"94\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"32\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Samaresh Majumdar\u003cbr data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"53\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"63\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"94\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novel\u003cbr data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"72\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"83\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"94\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"83\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"106\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789389876468\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"135\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"155\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 273 grams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"196\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"194\"\u003eBook Description:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"675\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"197\" data-end=\"206\"\u003eDurga\u003c\/strong\u003e, six months pregnant, travels to \u003cstrong data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"251\"\u003eAmerica\u003c\/strong\u003e to join her husband. Initially, she struggles to adjust to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"337\"\u003econfined lifestyle\u003c\/strong\u003e, vastly different from the open and familiar world she left behind. However, life moves forward. As she takes on daily responsibilities—\u003cstrong data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"574\"\u003edropping her daughter at school, managing household chores, and assisting at her husband’s store\u003c\/strong\u003e—her unease fades. She slowly finds \u003cstrong data-start=\"610\" data-end=\"629\"\u003enew friendships\u003c\/strong\u003e and starts adapting to the \u003cstrong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"672\"\u003enew country\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"926\"\u003eDurga’s daughter is \u003cstrong data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"710\"\u003ea prodigy\u003c\/strong\u003e, excelling in academics from a young age. Just as Durga, now \u003cstrong data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"801\"\u003econfident and independent\u003c\/strong\u003e, considers taking up a \u003cstrong data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"869\"\u003enew job alongside her husband’s business\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eshocking incident disrupts her daughter’s life\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"1233\"\u003eWhat is this \u003cstrong data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"961\"\u003eunexpected event\u003c\/strong\u003e? How does it alter their future? \u003cstrong data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1040\"\u003eWith a gripping narrative and fluid prose\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1058\"\u003eBalika Jane Na\u003c\/em\u003e keeps readers intrigued till the very last page. The novel also offers \u003cstrong data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1197\"\u003ea deep insight into the lives of Bengali expatriates in America\u003c\/strong\u003e, making it a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1230\"\u003ecompelling read\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1262\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1260\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1462\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1284\"\u003eSamaresh Majumdar\u003c\/strong\u003e was born on \u003cstrong data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1315\"\u003eMarch 10, 1944\u003c\/strong\u003e. His \u003cstrong data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1334\"\u003echildhood\u003c\/strong\u003e was spent in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1377\"\u003etea gardens of Dooars\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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