{"product_id":"other-peoples-children","title":"Other People's Children","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"width-100\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contentFrame___bYIJX\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contentMain___bTlvE\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"header___FBDf2 acc-font-no-hover medium-small-font bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"padLeft5___b18sV\"\u003eMarkup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markupDisplay___nyG3v\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bold sharedByHeading___kaOv7\"\u003eMarkup shared by:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRob Pine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"allNotes___Kt2vZ\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation0 MuiAccordion-root MuiAccordion-rounded Mui-expanded css-1vkx5yr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiAccordionDetails-root css-l9xe8y\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiFormGroup-root css-1ytbthu\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markupNoteBorder___z5MdM\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA book that follows two timelines: one contemporary that follows the life of Tommaso a man focused on his day-to-day life working and helping his girlfriend take care of her two children; the other story is about his grandmother's time during WWII. The book is about how even our most prosaic lives are influenced and colored by the past--even when we don't know it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markupMeta___LdsZT\"\u003e(Markup shared by Rob Pine on Dec 31, 2025)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiCollapse-root MuiCollapse-vertical MuiCollapse-entered css-1cbf1l2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiCollapse-wrapper MuiCollapse-vertical css-15830to\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiCollapse-wrapperInner MuiCollapse-vertical css-9vd5ud\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"region\" class=\"MuiAccordion-region\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acc-font-no-hover medium-small-font bold descriptionHeader___aNBPJ\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-container css-1b1jvye\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA story of complicated families and a wartime secret that ripples down through the generations from a writer of exceptional talent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTommaso is just about making it work: travelling abroad for his job, helping his girlfriend with her two unruly sons, and keeping up with the eccentricities of his Italian grandmother, Alma. But as Alma grows increasingly troubled by strange and unsettling memories, Tommaso realises that there is much in her past that he doesn't know. And the more he discovers, the more it seems that the secrets she has guarded for so long might not only overwhelm her, but upend his own precariously balanced life too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaching back to the tumultuous days of the Italian resistance during the Second World War and into the domestic chaos of modern life, this is a story of the past's long shadow, and the families we have and those we make.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"descriptionPanel___wCiv7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"acc-font-no-hover medium-small-font bold descriptionHeader___aNBPJ\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-container css-1b1jvye\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panelContent___B_vGb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relative\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Author Image\" src=\"https:\/\/images-azf.edelweiss.plus\/ea\/IN\/images\/author\/original\/9781803513010_ai_1_ee031.jpg?width=180\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbutton class=\"unstyledButton flex dir-col margin-right-16\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"small-font\"\u003eCredit:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBen Faccini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Faccini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a novelist, writer and translator. The son of an Italian father and Anglo-French mother, Faccini grew up in rural France and London. Having worked for many years at UNESCO in Paris, Faccini has written extensively about educational innovations in the developing world. He is the author of two previous novels,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Water-Breather\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Incomplete Husband\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in London and France.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51832806998236,"sku":"9781803513010","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/4845\/9740\/files\/9781803513010_24a5c.jpg?v=1782773473","url":"https:\/\/tworiversweirdsisters.com\/products\/other-peoples-children","provider":"Two Rivers \u0026 Weird Sisters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}