{"product_id":"a-girl-like-thatbooks","title":"A Girl Like That","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timeless exploration of high-stakes romance, self-discovery, and the lengths we go to love and be loved.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Fascinating and disturbing.” —Jodi Picoult, #1\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of\u003ci\u003eSmall Great Things\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eLeaving Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteen-year-old Zarin Wadia is many things: a bright and vivacious student, an orphan, a risk taker. She’s also the kind of girl that parents warn their kids to stay away from: a troublemaker whose many romances are the subject of endless gossip at school.\u003ci\u003eYou don't want to get involved with a girl like that,\u003c\/i\u003ethey say. So how is it that eighteen-year-old Porus Dumasia has only ever had eyes for her? And how did Zarin and Porus end up dead in a car together, crashed on the side of a highway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? When the religious police arrive on the scene, everything everyone thought they knew about Zarin is questioned. And as her story is pieced together, told through multiple perspectives, it becomes clear that she was far more than just a girl like that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully written debut novel from Tanaz Bhathena reveals a rich and wonderful new world to readers; tackles complicated issues of race, identity, class, and religion; and paints a portrait of teenage ambition, angst, and alienation that feels both inventive and universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003eA Girl Like That\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bhathena makes an impressive debut with this eye-opening novel about a free-spirited girl in present-day Saudi Arabia. . . . Bhathena’s novel should spur heated discussions about sexist double standards and the ways societies restrict, control, and punish women and girls.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful debut.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bhathena, Tanaz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/Thriller","offer_id":42291259441376,"sku":"","price":8.7,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_987ff413-720c-497d-8f68-fff0923a09e3.jpg?v=1641651006","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/a-girl-like-thatbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}