{"product_id":"my-fathers-ring-the-story-of-a-lost-romance-9789354478758","title":"My Father's Ring the Story of a Lost Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Perhaps I should have asked questions about the ruby ring. What was its story? Where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edid it come from? But, at that young age, and in the societal milieu of the time (where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efathers were somewhat aloof and not to be questioned), I did not...It was only much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elater that I unearthed the significance of the ring, and some of the mysteries it held-a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elifetime later.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne evening in the early 1950s, when Ajit Singh Dutta was a young boy, his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efather gave him a ring. The ornament with its glowing cabochon ruby might\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave made 10-year-old Ajit curious, but at that age, he did not give it a second\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethought, and the ring ended up forgotten, locked in the safe of his mother's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealmirah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was only years later, after his father's death, that the beautiful ring gradually\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunfurled its mysteries-a stack of letters in cream-coloured envelopes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamiliar piano tunes, a mysterious woman named Louise, and a whirlwind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eromance caught between competing family loyalties that tried to defy the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehurdles of distance and cultural differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe search-spanning decades-that followed, for a woman whose love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas reflected in the beauty of the ring and in the intimate letters she wrote, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopened up not only an entirely new world for Ajit but also helped him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erediscover his own father. He learnt of the passionate 'Raj' who had remained\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehidden within Rajinder Singh Datta, the strict father and philosopher that he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad grown up with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in evocative prose, this deeply moving, nostalgic story of a lost\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eromance is also a son's unusual and extraordinary tribute to his father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16821638\"\u003eAjit Singh Dutta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354478758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354478751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43827624673419,"sku":"9789354478758","price":37.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_af63585f-a7b6-4496-9e6d-a109544ea0c9.jpg?v=1755540006","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/my-fathers-ring-the-story-of-a-lost-romance-9789354478758","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}