{"product_id":"b09lsnkt7j","title":"THE RED SARI: The extraordinary life of Sonia Gandhi","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE RED SARI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA BEST-SELLER READ BY MORE THAN 2 MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE.\u003cbr\u003e\nTHE BOOK THAT CREATED A HUGE CONTROVERSY IN INDIA AND COULD NOT BE PUBLISHED FOR FOUR YEARS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Red Sari traces the remarkable journey of Sonia Gandhi, from her idyllic childhood in Italy, to winning the elections in India and becoming one of the most powerful women in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, Sonia Maino, a 19-year-old Italian student met a young Indian boy, Rajiv Gandhi, while they were both studying in Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe came from a humble family near Turin; he had the most powerful lineage in India. It was the beginning of a love story that not even death could end. For love, Maino left her past behind so as to blend in with her bewildering new country, India. This was a nation of twenty million gods, eight hundred languages and five hundred political parties. Her courage, integrity, and devotion would turn her into a revered and beloved figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith information sourced from close friends and colleagues, this book examines how Sonia Maino transformed herself from a naïve and shy young woman into the leader of one-sixth of humanity. From her idyllic childhood, to her passionate love affair, and from her days as a docile daughter-in-law, to her current status of being the only Indian politician to have turned down the position of Prime Minister,  The Red Sari  tells the story of an extraordinary woman whose dreams of home, hearth and anonymity were struck down by the hands of fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJavier Moro  (Madrid 1955), one of Spain’s most acclaimed and widely read authors, has written extensively on India. His books include:  The Jaipur Foot  (1995),  The mountains of the Buddha  (Full Circle, 1999),  Five past midnight in Bhopal  (with Dominique Lapierre, Full Circle 2001),  Passion India  (Full Circle 2005) and  The Red Sari  (Roli Books, 2015). In 2011, he was awarded the  Premio Planeta , the Spanish language’s most prestigious award, for  El Imperio eres tú , ( You are the Empire),  the story of Brazil’s first emperor and the making of the Brazilian nation. In 2015, he published  A flor de piel  (Seix Barral, 2015) ( Under the skin),  the tale of the Spanish expedition which delivered the newly discovered smallpox vaccine to the New World. In 2018, he was awarded the  Premio Primavera de Novela  for his novel  Mi Pecado  ( My Sin).  In 2020, he published his latest work:  A prueba de fuego  ( Fireproof ), the story of the architect Rafael Guastavino.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52836736598232,"sku":"YSL63387","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/91UAPWx2n-L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793274293","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b09lsnkt7j","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}