{"product_id":"the-clinging-thing","title":"The Clinging Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIqra would like to be a good daughter, a good sister, a good woman, a good mother.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt has been made clear to her that people owe their lives to one another - to the driver who slows to a stop when she notices a jaywalker, and the roller-coaster operator who spots an improperly fastened harness ... and Iqra's mother, who raised her, and the mother before her, who tried to stop the blood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the loss of a pregnancy, Iqra returns to her mother's home in the place where she grew up. The past is porous, her recollections fail her, and yet she is suffocating with memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA couple of hours out of the city, Seam River pulls Iqra back into a state of bewilderment. She returns to the stories of her parents and all the women before her, as dreams, memories, the uncertain and the impossible converge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe future refuses to take form. She finds wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Munira Tabassum Ahmed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53613430178071,"sku":"9781761358678","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/9132\/8279\/files\/9781761358678.jpg?v=1783060135","url":"https:\/\/amplifybookstore.com\/products\/the-clinging-thing","provider":"Amplify Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}