{"product_id":"9781407091167","title":"A Life Elsewhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the characters in Segun Afolabi's debut collection, 'elsewhere' is a place they must transform into home. In the award-winning 'Monday Morning' a refugee boy puzzles out his place in a new land. A bereaved father in 'Arithmetic' thinks back to a confusing, youthful sexual encounter that has left him emotionally scarred; Jacinta faces a long retirement with a husband she is not sure she likes in 'Jumbo and Jacinta' and 'The Wine Guitar' tells the story of an aging musician who pays a prostitute for the gift of her youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are tales of diaspora, of people making their lives in new lands. Moving, funny and occasionally shocking, Afolabi's stories reflect the way we live now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Life Elsewhere \u003c\/i\u003ewas shorlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137955250416,"sku":"9781407091167","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781407091167_p0.jpg?v=1763719716","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781407091167","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}