{"product_id":"9780007450107-secondhand-scenes-from-early-life","title":"Scenes from Early Life","description":"Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, this is the new novel from the author of 'King of the Badgers' and the Man Booker-shortlisted 'The Northern Clemency'.   \"I was a baby during the war. We stayed inside for months. All my aunts took turns in feeding me. I couldn't be heard to cry. You see, there were soldiers in the streets. They would have known what a crying baby meant. So I had to be kept silent. No, not everyone came out of the war alive.\" One family's life, and a nation - Bangladesh - are uniquely created through conversation, sacrifice, songs, bonds, blood, bravery and jokes. Narrated by a young boy born into a savage civil war, 'Scenes from Early Life' is a heartbreaking, funny and gripping novel by one of our finest writers.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48979915079899,"sku":"9780007450107-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e22ae238-7453-4823-a40f-e98c9fc93bae.jpg?v=1784219834","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780007450107-secondhand-scenes-from-early-life","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}