{"product_id":"the-orchard-of-lost-souls-a-novel","title":"The Orchard of Lost Souls: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of Grantas Best of Young British Novelists  a stunning novel illuminating Somalias tragic civil war  It is 1987 and Hargeisa waits. Whispers of revolution travel on the dry winds  but still the dictatorship remains secure. Soon  through the eyes of three women  we will see Somalia fall. Nine-year-old Deqo has left the vast refugee camp where she was born  lured to the city by the promise of her first pair of shoes. Kawsar  a solitary widow  is trapped in her little house with its garden clawed from the desert  confined to her bed after a savage beating in the local police station. Filsan  a young female soldier  has moved from Mogadishu to suppress the rebellion growing in the north. As the country is unraveled by a civil war that will shock the world  the fates of these three women are twisted irrevocably together. Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa and was exiled before the outbreak of war. In The Orchard of Lost Souls  she returns to Hargeisa in her imagination. Intimate  frank  brimming with beauty and fierce love  this novel is an unforgettable account of ordinary lives lived in extraordinary times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985247596597,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374209146","price":29.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374209148.jpg?v=1770853902","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-orchard-of-lost-souls-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}