{"product_id":"brown-skin-white-lies-the-lies-we-tell-to-belong-paperback","title":"Brown Skin, White Lies: The lies we tell to belong - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBobby Mohan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrown Skin, White Lies\u003c\/strong\u003e is a propulsive migrant noir that rips the glossy veneer off the \"Australian dream.\" Arjun Nair-Kerala-born, scholarship poor, and one failed lecture away from deportation-scrapes through Melbourne on illegal shifts, couch-surf leases, and promises that bill by the hour. When a predatory lender threatens his father's pharmacy back home, Arjun's last safety net snaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Rekha Gurung, a Nepali nursing dropout with her own paperwork problems and a bakery job that barely pays daylight. Together they bolt north, hitching planes, buses, and half-lit hopes toward orchard work in Kununurra, where passports turn to bargaining chips and the sun brands its own barcode on skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, pawn slips, burner phones, and bruised alliances pile up. Police inquiries close in; a drug-runner named Trang won't stay ghosted; and every border checkpoint tightens the screws on class, caste, and the quiet brutality of survival. Yet amid the grit beats a fierce tenderness-friendships forged over instant noodles, a love that outruns police radios, and a stubborn belief in a \"soft place to land.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in punch-cut vignettes laced with black humour and lyrical bite, \u003cstrong\u003eBrown Skin, White Lies\u003c\/strong\u003e will resonate with readers of \u003cstrong\u003eThe White Tiger\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBehold the Dreamers\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is a story about leaving home, losing the map, and rewriting destiny in a country that prices every breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 428\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53751210410291,"sku":"9781764153805","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Ff8UzI3XaE9781764153805.webp?v=1785280469","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/brown-skin-white-lies-the-lies-we-tell-to-belong-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}