{"product_id":"book-buw3","title":"Before We Visit the Goddess","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSister of My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mistress of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another-a masterful, brilliant tale of a family both united and torn apart by ambition and love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns to get an education, but her family's situation means college is an impossible dream. Then an influential woman from Kolkata takes Sabitri under her wing, but her generosity soon proves dangerous after the girl makes a single, unforgivable misstep. Years later, Sabitri's own daughter Bela, haunted by her mother's choices, flees abroad with her political refugee lover-but the America she finds is vastly different from the country she'd imagined. As the marriage crumbles and Bela is forced to forge her own path, she unwittingly imprints her own child, Tara, with indelible lessons about freedom, heartbreak, and loyalty that will take a lifetime to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her latest novel, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores the complex relationships between mothers and daughters, and the different kinds of love that bind us across generations.\u003ci\u003e Before We Visit the Goddess \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the gorgeous complexity of these multigenerational and transcontinental bonds, sweeping across the twentieth century from the countryside of Bengal, India, to the streets of Houston, Texas-an extraordinary journey told through a sparkling symphony of voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301208498480,"sku":"BDbuw3","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301208531248,"sku":"ZEbuw3","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49301208564016,"sku":"ZMbuw3","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/buw3-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775803888","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-buw3","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}