{"product_id":"9781786699831","title":"The Concubine's Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn evocative, multi-generational tale of a family haunted by the death of a young concubine. For fans of Dinah Jefferies and Amy Tan.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1930s Malaya a sixteen-year-old girl, dreaming of marriage to her sweetheart, is sold as a concubine to a rich old man desperate for an heir. Trapped, and bullied by his spiteful wife, Yu Lan plans to escape with her baby son, despite knowing that they will pursue her to the ends of the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour generations later, her great-grandson, Nick, will return to Malaysia, looking for the truth behind the facade of a house cursed by the unhappy past. Nothing can prepare him for what he will find.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis exquisitely rich novel brings to life a vanished world - a world of abandoned ghost houses, inquisitive monkeys, smoky temples and a panoply of gods and demons. A world where a poor girl can be sold to fulfil a rich man's dream. But though he can buy her body, he can never capture her soul, nor quench her spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Carol+Jones\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eCarol Jones\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Carol Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376909303971,"sku":"9781786699831","price":235.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781786699831_80a05717-b664-4097-8005-f78125d773d2.jpg?v=1776591957","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781786699831","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}