{"product_id":"winter-of-my-spring-fartumo-kusow","title":"Winter of My Spring","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780593461709 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780593324202 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Girl with the Louding Voice\u003c\/em\u003e by Abi Daré, a searing and timely novel of survival, resilience, and reclaiming identity in the face of unthinkable adversity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in the Lower Shabeele region of Somalia, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter of My Spring \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a story of what happens to Rada and her friends Mika and Sara after they are kidnapped by Al-Shabaab and forced to become child brides. For months, the girls live in fear and endure the harshest of conditions among their extremist kidnappers—but after Rada and Mika see Sara die as a suicide bomber, they know they must escape. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter running away from their captors, Rada and Mika manage to return home, only to find themselves rejected by their community because they’ve “known a man’s bed” and are therefore, according to their customs, considered ruined and broken women. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinter of My Spring\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores what happens to kidnapped girls during their captivity and after they survive the violence and abuse of their abductors. Like the protagonist in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCall Her Freedom,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Tara Dorabji, Rada and Mika are forced to navigate a world that denies them autonomy, yet they find resilience and hope in the process of healing and self-discovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\" id=\"listenToAClip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48138365141240,"sku":"9781684633500","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0471\/2156\/3811\/files\/winterofmyspring.png?v=1774521290","url":"https:\/\/www.sscarletsweb.com\/products\/winter-of-my-spring-fartumo-kusow","provider":"Sscarlet's Web Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}