{"product_id":"crossings","title":"Crossings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree interlinked stories of children experiencing displacement and finding new homes in early 20th century South-east Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the early first half of the 20th century, Crossings tells the stories of four young people:\u003cbr\u003eSamy, Abdul and Mei Ling, Majeed, and Lily.Samy, from a peasant family in South India, is sent to work on a rubber plantation in Malaya.\u003cbr\u003eAbdul Majeed, of Indian origin – and his Chinese friend Mei Ling – live in cosmopolitan Singapore,enjoying life in the streets of the city. Lily is an Anglo-Burmese girl living in Rangoon – until the Japanese invade British Burma, and Lily must flee…Their stories are interconnected through the history of a region, painting an evocative picture of wandering, migrant lives, spread across the Indian Ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tara Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61559556079946,"sku":"9789390037087","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/5474\/2858\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-09at17.06.50.png?v=1775747175","url":"https:\/\/archive-books-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/crossings","provider":"Archive Souq","version":"1.0","type":"link"}