{"product_id":"best-of-friends","title":"Best of Friends","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces.\" --Madeline Miller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A shining tour de force about a long friendship's respects, disrespects, loyalties and moralities.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eAli Smith \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e Home Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, the moving and surprising story of a lifelong friendship and the forces that bring it to the breaking point\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eZahra and Maryam have been best friends since childhood in Karachi, even though--or maybe because--they are unlike in nearly every way. Yet they never speak of the differences in their backgrounds or their values, not even after the fateful night when a moment of adolescent impulse upends their plans for the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree decades later, Zahra and Maryam have grown into powerful women who have each cut a distinctive path through London. But when two troubling figures from their past resurface, they must finally confront their bedrock differences--and find out whether their friendship can survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThought-provoking, compassionate, and full of unexpected turns, \u003ci\u003eBest of Friends\u003c\/i\u003e offers a riveting take on an age-old question: Does principle or loyalty make for the better friend?","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48040947712189,"sku":"BS-TC0-421833","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780593421833-HD.jpg?v=1786962241","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/best-of-friends","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}