{"product_id":"the-village-by-the-sea-anita-desai","title":"The Village by the Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"card mt-2 p-3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card mt-2 p-3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card mt-2 p-3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card mt-2 p-3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card mt-2 p-3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-template--21633404731427__main\" class=\"shopify-section product--section section--canonical\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product__container\n    product__container--two-columns\" data-product-wrapper=\"\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"product--outer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details\" data-product-details=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block\n            product-block--description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" data-product-description=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ls-product-details-screen\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ls-product-details-screen-child\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab1\" class=\"ls-tab ls-text-description active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"books_about-book-section__s7jrV\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"books_container__K63E6 container_full__wdr7R\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"books_right-column__zGVRF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"books_inner-content__f36zr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Synopsis_wrapper__fYU_w\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Synopsis_synopsis__S3HlC Synopsis_clamp__tBoqj\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"books_about-book-section__s7jrV\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"books_container__K63E6 container_full__wdr7R\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"books_right-column__zGVRF\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"books_inner-content__f36zr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Synopsis_wrapper__fYU_w\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Synopsis_synopsis__S3HlC\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"762\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"432\"\u003eThe Village by the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e by Anita Desai is a beautifully written children’s novel that follows the lives of two siblings, Lila and Hari, as they struggle to support their family in a small coastal village in India. 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