{"product_id":"book-201b","title":"Hot Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Bhavika Govil uses imagination, insight and humour to craft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ea tender but unsettling family tale. A charming and confident\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edebut that I enjoyed tremendously.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Amrita Mahale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Moving and gentle in the way it's told, the voices in Hot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWater orbit one another precariously, revealing a tender mess,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand creating an intimate portrait of family life that's both\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eheartbreaking and heartening.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Aravind Jayan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Hot Water is a complex family story, masterfully told. Striking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe chords of the heart, Govil is a writer far beyond her years,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edaring to broach the most sensitive and taboo subjects with\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edelicacy and depth, bringing light to the darkest corners of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eour humanness.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-JJ Bola\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has always been Mira, Ma and Ashu. The three of them-as they sing Simon \u0026amp; Garfunkel in Ma's sun-yellow car, watch TV on the sofa and holiday on the mango farm-are bound firmly together. Yet, beneath this tale of proximity, lurks another story-that of a family in hot water. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine-year-old Mira, fourteen-year-old Ashu and Ma harbour secrets. All of them confront questions that have no neat answers. Where is Ma's husband, for instance? Who does Ashu pine for? Why is Mira on the alert?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne long, hot summer, the secrets come tumbling out. And the world Ma, Mira and Ashu have cobbled together threatens to give way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn achingly beautiful novel, \u003cem\u003eHot Water\u003c\/em\u003e traces the ways in which the love we feel for one another can both make and wreck us. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67475790627120,"sku":"BD201b","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/201b-Square-cover.jpg?v=1786761902","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-201b","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}