{"product_id":"marriage-of-a-thousand-lies","title":"Marriage of a Thousand Lies","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"What a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel.\"--Roxane Gay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e​\u003cb\u003e​\u003cbr\u003eA necessary and exciting addition to both the Sri Lankan-American and LGBTQ canons, SJ Sindu's debut novel offers a moving and sharply rendered​ exploration of friendship, family, love, and loss. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucky and her husband, Krishna, are gay. They present an illusion of marital bliss to their conservative Sri Lankan-American families, while each dates on the side. It's not ideal, but for Lucky, it seems to be working. She goes out dancing, she drinks a bit, she makes ends meet by doing digital art on commission. But when Lucky's grandmother has a nasty fall, Lucky returns to her childhood home and unexpectedly reconnects with her former best friend and first lover, Nisha, who is preparing for her own arranged wedding with a man she's never met. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the connection between the two women is rekindled, Lucky tries to save Nisha from entering a marriage based on a lie. But does Nisha really want to be saved? And after a decade's worth of lying, can Lucky break free of her own circumstances and build a new life? Is she willing to walk away from all that she values about her parents and community to live in a new truth? As Lucky--an outsider no matter what choices she makes--is pushed to the breaking point, \u003ci\u003eMarriage of a Thousand Lies\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid exploration of a life lived at a complex intersection of race, sexuality, and nationality. The result is a profoundly American debut novel shot through with humor and loss, a story of love, family, and the truths that define us all.","brand":"Sj Sindu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53980232745173,"sku":"BS-I6J-959470","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9781616959470-HD.jpg?v=1780427327","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/marriage-of-a-thousand-lies","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}