{"product_id":"book-aeop","title":"In the Shadow of the Banyan","description":"\u003cb\u003eTold from the tender perspective of a young girl who comes of age amid the Cambodian killing fields, this searing first novel—based on the author’s personal story—has been hailed by \u003ci\u003eLittle Bee\u003c\/i\u003e author Chris Cleave as “a masterpiece…utterly heartbreaking and impossibly beautiful.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Soon the family’s world of carefully guarded royal privilege is swept up in the chaos of revolution and forced exodus.\u003cbr\u003e     Over the next four years, as she endures the deaths of family members, starvation, and brutal forced labor, Raami clings to the only remaining vestige of childhood—the mythical legends and poems told to her by her father. In a climate of systematic violence where memory is sickness and justification for execution, Raami fights for her improbable survival. Displaying the author’s extraordinary gift for language, \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of the Banyan\u003c\/i\u003e is testament to the transcendent power of narrative and a brilliantly wrought tale of human resilience.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347941761328,"sku":"BDaeop","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/257946-aeop-Square.jpg?v=1734210243","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-aeop","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}