{"product_id":"mothers-testament-paperback","title":"Mother's Testament - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDurnyam Mashurova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMehriban is born into an Uighur family in a village in eastern Kazakhstan in which everybody works on the local collective farm. She tells of the people among whom she grows up, and in particular of the women - daughters, sisters, mothers, aunts, grandmothers - their lives and loves, their resilience in the face of bereavement, injustice, hunger and cold, their folk wisdom and their irrepressible spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering three generations, from the Stalinist repressions of the 1930s and the Great Patriotic War through to the chaos of \u003cem\u003eperestroika\u003c\/em\u003e and the new order following independence, \u003cem\u003eA Mother's Testament\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate and richly drawn portrait of life and customs in those times, told through a cast of memorable characters. It is also the tale of how Mehriban comes to write the story down and of how she follows her own daughter far from the village into the unknown, and realises her own true destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Mother's Testament\u003c\/em\u003e is at once the semi-autobiographical story of a people forced to display great strength in the face of changing fortunes and a saga of universal appeal that will not fail to move readers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723627466815,"sku":"9780578437330","price":21.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5589ed80fe314b5575052d2e58135dd1.webp?v=1765099808","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/mothers-testament-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}