{"id":9,"date":"2026-05-06T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-08-25T04:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:44:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaac2da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aaac2da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48afb2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"48afb2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e420b35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e420b35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Crushed Azaleas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e902f55 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e902f55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?fit=666%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34\" alt=\"Crushed Azaleas By Amal Moulik\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?w=1655&amp;ssl=1 1655w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=666%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=768%2C1180&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=1000%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=1333%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb45c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bcb45c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shards from a Privileged Childhood<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e9bceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e9bceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA lyrical, unflinching memoir of a boy growing up between continents\u2014searching for belonging, identity, and the meaning of home.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8afd8e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8afd8e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom Tokyo to London, Rome to India\u2014Amal Moulik invites you into a childhood shaped by privilege, fractured by loneliness, and illuminated by moments of unexpected beauty.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703b5da elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"703b5da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/look-inside\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Look Inside<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524e24f e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"524e24f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6d7f9 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd6d7f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?fit=666%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34\" alt=\"Crushed Azaleas By Amal Moulik\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?w=1655&amp;ssl=1 1655w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=666%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=768%2C1180&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=1000%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?resize=1333%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Moulik-Cover-Project-front-jpg.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ca4eff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ca4eff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba4f69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ba4f69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e04ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9e04ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Meaning of Home<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be3081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8be3081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1013\"><em data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"848\">Crushed Azaleas<\/em> is a deeply personal and evocative memoir told through vivid, vignette-like scenes\u2014fragments of a childhood lived across continents, cultures, and contradictions.<\/p><p data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1316\">Born into an Indian diplomatic family, Amal Moulik grew up moving between Japan, England, Italy, and India\u2014never long enough in one place to truly belong. Beneath the surface of privilege lay a quieter reality: loneliness, cultural displacement, illness, and the emotional complexities of family life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be31c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8be31c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/amoulik.com\/staging\/1659\/look-inside\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Look Inside<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07239bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07239bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fce398 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9fce398\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf309a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"acf309a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-139a1e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"139a1e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Childhood Across Worlds\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA life lived between continents\u2014where every new place brings wonder, and every departure leaves a quiet fracture behind.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3918d61 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3918d61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f15970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"2f15970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeauty in the Midst of Pain\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMoments of music, nature, and human connection offer refuge in a childhood marked by loneliness and emotional distance.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e8b00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e8b00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-659a4fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"659a4fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Universal Search for Home\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAt its heart, Crushed Azaleas asks a timeless question:\n<strong>Where do we truly belong?<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c73e04 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c73e04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f0060 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"70f0060\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"about\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb570b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cb570b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc5413a elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"dc5413a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"about\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b17e7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b17e7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Amal Moulik<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8edd8e3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8edd8e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Amal Moulik was born in Washington, D.C., into an Indian diplomatic family and spent his formative years across Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, and India. These early experiences\u2014rich in culture yet marked by displacement\u2014shaped his lifelong fascination with identity, language, and the idea of home.<\/p><p>Originally trained in chemistry in the U.K. and the U.S., Amal later transitioned into a career in information science.<\/p><p>He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his partner of over two decades and is working on his second memoir, exploring his life in Europe during the 1970s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cb67e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cb67e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c87d19f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c87d19f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"><p>Amal Moulik\u2019s Crushed Azaleas follows Moulik from Santiniketan, where an early morning raga with Baba becomes his first memory, into a childhood shaped by India\u2019s diplomatic world. Baba\u2019s work takes the family through postings in Asia and Europe before Rome becomes the place where school and adolescence take hold. Moulik grows up between Bengali family expectation and an English education. He loves Ma, whose suffering changes the household around him in ways he can sense before he can understand. Holiday visits to India give him another version of home, one close enough to love yet no longer simple enough to claim. As Moulik moves toward adulthood, the memoir traces how a child tries to understand home when every place teaches a different rhythm of daily life.<\/p>\n<p>Amal Moulik\u2019s Crushed Azaleas is beautifully written, and the author\u2019s recollections are so incredibly sharp that he even remembers exact conversations and can repaint a scene in remarkable detail. I cannot imagine a child having such a steep learning curve and the courage to write about it so well. The punishment after the broken window in Japan shows his command of pacing, as the child\u2019s fear grows through silence before Kiko-san changes the meaning of the moment. The London playground exchange with Rachel shows how naturally Moulik can place religion inside a child\u2019s conversation and trust the reader to understand its importance, while his reflections on Marc lean into music becoming the lasting shape of their friendship. His closing portrait of Ma and Baba is solid, giving the memoir its deepest personal reckoning, and coming across as both cathartic and empowering. Readers who enjoy memoirs of everyday people in extraordinary, multicultural circumstances will adore this.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Jamie Michele<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Readers' Favorite<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e6503 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34e6503\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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75Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f0707 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"f0f0707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\u201cAmal Moulik\u2019s Crushed Azaleas is endlessly captivating with its lyrical and poetic writing, bringing us into so many worlds through the tender eyes of a young boy and later man, dealing with racism, loneliness, and later grief despite money and privilege. It is also a book about the magical moments that save us, the music of our own hearts that we must follow.\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\"> Louise Nayer<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Author of six books including Burned: A Memoir,  an Oprah Great Read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"2\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c0f9d7 e-flex e-con-boxed 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In these finely crafted, unflinching essays, Amal takes us inside a childhood and a family that looks privileged but is anything but safe. With a strong sense of place and a voice that combines brutal truth, lyrical beauty, and heart, he examines the complicated inheritance of family and the beauty and love beyond it.\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Bonnie Hearn Hill<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Author of sixteen novels<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"3\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\u201cMoulik deftly stitches together wide-ranging vignettes\u2014shards of childhood memories\u2014into a patchwork representing a life imbued with privileges and challenges. Through contemplation, reflection, and raw honesty, Crushed Azaleas leaves us with vital questions about love, faith, and forgiveness\u2014of others and of ourselves. Ultimately, over the course of a life lived in many places and in the company of deep but fleeting friendships, Moulik asks the fundamental question: Where can we find home?\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Mark Elberfeld<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Author of Sour Cherries at Buc-ee's<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"4\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Along the way he encounters cardinals, ambassadors, composers among the famous, as well as poignant fellow pilgrims such as Marc, who teaches him the love of Gustav Mahler, and Ram, the manservant who takes good care of the\nchild Amal even as he himself is dying. Moulik indicates that he will write further tales of his life. 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