{"product_id":"talking-with-boys-immigrant-writers-1625571798","title":"Talking with Boys (Immigrant Writers)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1625571798\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kanwal, Tayyba\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a collection of linked tales filled with irony, humor, and magic, Talking with Boys introduces an unforgettable cast of characters in the Pakistani diaspora in Houston navigating crises of their own making and beyond their control.Via generations and geographies, the stories expand from Houston into tales from the characters pasts in Dubai and Lahore. A community of Pakistani immigrants distract ICE with unlikely bait. A housekeeper in a Dubai mansion plots to liberate her fellow indentured workers. In Lahore, an empty nester finds herself bound by more than a jinxed bracelet. Throughout, Tayyba Kanwals remarkable characters navigate economic upheavals, political turmoil, and personal betrayals to pursue love, plot for survival, and play subtle power games to triumph against patriarchal forces of all genders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52226381480224,"sku":"NEW1625571798","price":21.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71PhnZFGAxL.jpg?v=1787314293","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/talking-with-boys-immigrant-writers-1625571798","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}