{"product_id":"consumed-by-arifa-akbar","title":"Consumed By Arifa Akbar","description":"\u003ch4\u003eConsumed: In Search of my Sister - SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA moving memoir about TB, grief, sisterhood, poverty and the reservoir of blame, guilt and unreliable memories from a troubled childhood in Lahore and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** SHORTLISTED for the 2021 COSTA BOOK AWARDS: BIOGRAPHY, PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE and the JHALAK PRIZE ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Moving, engrossing, elegantly written' Lucy Atkins,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Arifa Akbar discovered that her sister had fallen seriously ill, she assumed there would be a brief spell in hospital and then she'd be home. It was not until the day before she died that the family discovered she was suffering from tuberculosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn a mission to unearth family secrets and finally understand her sister, Arifa takes us to Rome to haunt the places Keats and her sister had explored, to her grandparent's house in Pakistan, to her sister's hospital bedside in Hampstead and back to the London of the seventies when her family arrived, poor, homeless and hungry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsumed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an eloquent and moving exploration of sisterhood, grief and the redemptive power of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 30\/11\/2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Memoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 242\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 222 x 142mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arifa Akbar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51640104386870,"sku":"9781529347524","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Puzzle_30_672cb817-78de-4008-85fb-d6db52d443d0.jpg?v=1740718363","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/consumed-by-arifa-akbar","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}