{"product_id":"2940158990236","title":"Gifts of Passage","description":"\u003cbr\u003eA vivid, varied account of a globally-minded woman's intriguing adventures and evolving worldview, Santha Rama Rau's \"informal\" autobiography covers a life defined by almost perpetual motion--from her birth in India to an upbringing in England and South Africa, from her education at Wellesley College in the United States to far-flung travel to China, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Spain, and beyond.\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part journalism, \u003ci\u003eGifts of Passage\u003c\/i\u003e is at once intimate and expansive. Supplementing the narrative of a wayfarer's return to her roots and portraits of Indian family life, the book provides firsthand accounts of pivotal historical happenings: repression in South Africa, the trial of Jomo Kenyatta, and the early stirrings of Indian democracy.","brand":"Restless Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104258670832,"sku":"2940158990236","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158990236_p0.jpg?v=1764124285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158990236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}