{"product_id":"9781623361556","title":"All the Fishes Come Home to Roost: An American Misfit in India","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen she was seven, Rachel Manija Brown's parents, post-60s hippies, uprooted her from her native California and moved to an ashram in a cobra-ridden, drought-stricken spot in India. Cavorting through these pages are some wonderfully eccentric characters: the ashram head, Meher Baba, best known as the guru to Pete Townshend of The Who; the librarian, who grunts and howls nightly outside Rachel's window; a holy madman, who shuffles about collecting invisible objects; a middle-aged male virgin, who begs Rachel to critique his epic spiritual poems; and a delusional Russian who arrives at the ashram proclaiming he is Meher Baba reincarnated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAstutely observed and laugh-out-loud funny, \u003ci\u003eAll the Fishes Come Home to Roost\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing debut memoir and the arrival of a major new literary talent. The hardcover edition was named a Book Sense Pick and was selected as a Book of the Week by BN.com's Book Club.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harmony\/Rodale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136057065712,"sku":"9781623361556","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623361556_p0.jpg?v=1763862032","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623361556","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}