{"product_id":"under-water-612","title":"Under Water","description":"A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK\u0026amp;nbsp;BBC CULTURE\u0026amp;nbsp;‘BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026’A VOGUE BEST DEBUT 2026‘Profoundly moving’\u0026amp;nbsp;Elif Shafak\u0026amp;nbsp;(on Instagram)‘The horrors of 2004 are told with verve in this debut about a woman haunted by survivor guilt . . . there are stunning descriptions of island wildlife . . . Tara Menon tells the story with confidence and style’\u0026amp;nbsp;Sunday TimesA stunning and deeply moving literary debut of grief, loss and female friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic\u0026amp;nbsp;natural\u0026amp;nbsp;events.When six-year-old\u0026amp;nbsp;Marissa loses her mother,\u0026amp;nbsp;she is taken by\u0026amp;nbsp;her father to live on a small Thai island in the Andaman Sea. There,\u0026amp;nbsp;she\u0026amp;nbsp;forms a deep friendship with Arielle and\u0026amp;nbsp;together they explore the fragile wonders of its\u0026amp;nbsp;forests,\u0026amp;nbsp;reefs, and beaches. Holding their breath for minutes at a time, they learn to dive into the deep, as effortlessly synchronized as the manta rays they come to know by name.\u0026amp;nbsp;Then, on Boxing Day 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami makes landfall, they are swept up by the first wave and separated.Eight years later,\u0026amp;nbsp;Marissa is living\u0026amp;nbsp;in New York. She\u0026amp;nbsp;spends her days wandering through the city and her nights seeking solace in the beds of strangers. As the city prepares for a devastating storm, Marissa reflects on her past and learns how to sustain herself in a precarious world.Under Water\u0026amp;nbsp;is a story about friendship and grief, but also ecological change and natural disasters. It is a meditation on loss, a tribute to our dying oceans and forests, and a love letter to the disappearing coral reefs","brand":"Tara Menon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67883984093244,"sku":"9781398549166","price":4795.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781398549166_1.jpg?v=1793442717","url":"https:\/\/libertybooks.com\/products\/under-water-612","provider":"Liberty Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}