{"product_id":"best-of-friends","title":"Best of Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dazzling new novel of friendship, identity and the unknowability of other people \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003e from the international bestselling author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/home-fire-winner-of-the-women-s-prize-for-fiction-2018?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard\u0026amp;utm_medium=product-links\u0026amp;utm_content=web\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHome Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSometimes it was as though the forty years of friendship between them was just a lesson in the unknowability of other people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaryam and Zahra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1988 Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls are a decade into their friendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets and a love for George Michael. As Pakistan's dictatorship falls and a woman comes to power, the world suddenly seems full of possibilities. Elated by the change in the air, they make a snap decision at a party.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat night, everything goes wrong, and the two girls are powerless to change the outcome. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZahra and Maryam. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn present-day London, two influential women remain bound together by loyalties, disloyalties, and the memory of that night, which echoes through the present in unexpected ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow both have power; and both have very different ideas of how to wield it. Their friendship has always felt unbreakable; can it be undone by one decision?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kamila Shamsie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43405033931009,"sku":"9781526647719","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/Untitleddesign_29.png?v=1726408800","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/best-of-friends","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}