{"product_id":"a-thousand-times-before","title":"A Thousand Times Before: A Novel By Asha Thanki","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA HEARTRENDING, SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA OF THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN LINKED BY A MYSTERIOUS TAPESTRY AND THE WEIGHT OF INHERITED MEMORY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\" id=\"p-rc_1ddc6920d0b24e56-94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-220\"\u003eAyukta is finally sitting down with her wife, Nadya, to answer a question she has long avoided: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"96\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-220 citation-end-220\"\u003eShould they have a child?\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-219 citation-end-219\"\u003eThe decision is complicated by a centuries-old family secret that Ayukta is sharing outside her bloodline for the very first time.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-218 citation-end-218\"\u003eThe women in her family inherit a fantastic, magical tapestry that allows each generation to physically experience the memories—and the unspooled lives—of those who came before them.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"3\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\" id=\"p-rc_1ddc6920d0b24e56-95\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-217 citation-end-217\"\u003eInviting Nadya into this profound lineage, Ayukta unspools a rich history spanning from pre-Partition Karachi and the violence of the 1947 migration to Gujarat, through student movements in 1974, all the way to modern-day Brooklyn.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"4\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-216\"\u003eAs the tapestry reveals its second, more dangerous gift—the power to reshape their own worlds—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"326\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216\"\u003eA Thousand Times Before\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-216 citation-end-216\"\u003e explores the complex legacies mothers pass to their daughters, the politics of national identity, and what it truly means to carry our past into the future.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"5\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eWhy this book is a must-have:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" id=\"p-rc_1ddc6920d0b24e56-96\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAcclaimed Debut:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-215 citation-end-215\"\u003eHailed as a brilliant, poetic, and emotionally powerful masterwork by bestselling authors like Celeste Ng and Sequoia Nagamatsu.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"6\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" id=\"p-rc_1ddc6920d0b24e56-97\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBreathtaking Magical Realism:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-214 citation-end-214\"\u003eBlends rich historical fiction with an enchanting, imaginative premise centered around an ancestral memory-weaving tapestry.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\" id=\"p-rc_1ddc6920d0b24e56-98\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDeeply Moving Intergenerational Scope:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-213 citation-end-213\"\u003eExamines queer love, geopolitical trauma, displacement, and the intricacies of matrilineal inheritance across decades.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"8\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,3,0\" id=\"p-rc_1ddc6920d0b24e56-99\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eExquisite Prose:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-212 citation-end-212\"\u003eA luminous, thought-provoking exploration of family, self-determination, and the choices that echo through generations.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"9\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eUnravel the threads of history and 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