{"id":1047,"date":"2022-02-08T09:55:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/?post_type=books&#038;p=1047"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:39:13","slug":"family-matters","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/family-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block_8c2443bbe473b506c6f87a8c992e2f9d\" class=\"wp-block-acf-book-intro \">\n    <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 book-intro__image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rohinton-Mistry-Family-Matters-Book-Cover.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 book-intro__content\">\n                        <div class=\"book-intro__interact\">\n                \n                <div class=\"book-intro__socials\">\n                    <p>Share the book<\/p>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/family-matters\/\" class=\"twitter\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/family-matters\/\" class=\"facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Reading Room Book Share&#038;body=Book: https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/family-matters\/\" class=\"mail\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <section class=\"article-content\">\n                <div class=\"article-body\">\n                                        <div class=\"book-intro__bookinfo\"><p><strong>Publish Date:<\/strong>\u00a02002\u00a0<strong>Awards:<\/strong> 2002 James Tait Black Memorial Prize; 2002 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction; 2003 Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"book-intro__synopsis\"><p>When Nariman Vakeel, a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower afflicted by Parkinson\u2019s disease and haunted by his past, finds his condition deteriorating, he is forced to move in with his daughter Roxana, her husband Yezad, and their two children. 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