{"product_id":"book-gz5e","title":"They Whisper in my Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever made a split-second decision that changed the course of your life? When, at one fell swoop, your world glided from one side of a thin veil that was happiness, to the other? Nineteen-year-old honey-eyed Perpetua (Pippa), a tragic, heartbreakingly beautiful Luso-Indian had to do just that and it takes her almost four decades to discover that she was not the decisionmaker after all - someone centuries ago made that decision for her. Can she reach across space and time and rent that veil? Is it too late? Can she ever be happy? Fulfilled? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey Whisper in my Blood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a moving love story, a sweeping tale, a panorama of a Portuguese-Indian family's history told through a poignant refrain that is this clan's nemesis. It screams across time and continents. There's murder, girl-child trafficking, a torrid mixed-race affair and homophobia, all of which beget intrigue, sensuousness, heartache . . . but always hope. The characters - visceral, impassioned and deeply flawed - stay with you long after the last page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fans of authors like \u003cstrong\u003eArundhati Roy, Delia Owens \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Powers\u003c\/strong\u003e will love this multi-generational story. Nature's spontaneous beauty is reverenced in sentences that weave lush imagery, so evocative, one can almost smell the spice. Sculpted with as bold a hand, is the plot which delivers one hell of a punch. Combining the literary pizzaz of \u003cem\u003eA passage to India\u003c\/em\u003e, the cultural nuances of characters that abound in novels like \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Palace\u003c\/em\u003e, the poignancy of \u003cem\u003eThe Bridges of Madison County\u003c\/em\u003e, the wondrously inspirational, life-affirming plot of \u003cem\u003eA Long Way Home\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThey Whisper in My Blood\u003c\/em\u003e captures the deep essence of the struggles endured by those of us who are mangled by tradition, prejudices, superstitions and snobbery.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49416295940400,"sku":"BDgz5e","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gz5e-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773514994","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gz5e","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}