{"title":"Nikita Lalwani","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"gifted","title":"Gifted","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a voice that is by turns very funny and fiercely tender, \u003cem\u003eGifted \u003c\/em\u003eby Nikita Lalwani brings us a captivating story of high aspirations and deep longing, and of the sometime loneliness of childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCardiff in the 1980s is a place where maths can get you noticed. Rumis Vasi is the town's 'maths prodigy': untangling numbers and Rubik's Cubes protects her from the harsh vagaries of the playground and gives a pattern to her world. But after years of her father's determined tutoring, Rumi finds that numbers are beginning to lose their innocence. India infuses her with a romantic sense of belonging and, as she grows older, and desire becomes a dirty word in the Vasi household, the idea of love is opened up to painful examination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A sparkling funny and poignant study of a young maths prodigy struggling with her gift and a difficult family' Gerard Woodward, Books Of The Year, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Superb, brilliantly realised. The searing narrative is unflinchingly and tenderly written' \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Compelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny' \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNikita Lalwani was born in Rajasthan and raised in Cardiff. Her first novel \u003cem\u003eGifted\u003c\/em\u003e was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and won the Desmond Elliott Prize. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264454344998,"sku":"XF8LXRMM","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/7c84d060-3480-46f0-9de3-bb20bbe0ba73.jpg?v=1701098939"}],"url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/collections\/nikita-lalwani.oembed","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}