{"product_id":"seetamma","title":"Seetamma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Daughter. A Widow. A Grandmother.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe story before Tell A Thousand Lies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamed for her beauty, her dowry and her luck, Seetamma loses all three — and, in her forty-first year, becomes a mother again: three times over, in a single month. This is the story of the grandmother behind \u003cem\u003eTell A Thousand Lies\u003c\/em\u003e — how a woman the world had blessed learned to survive being overlooked, and refused to let the village divide her orphaned granddaughters like festival sweets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA free prequel novella in the Daughters of Destiny series.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;margin:26px 0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/73rq2ccxml\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#003b73;color:#ffffff;border:2px solid #d4af37;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 34px;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eSign Up To Read For Free\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#1f3551;font-size:.9rem;\"\u003eJoin my readers’ circle and get \u003cem\u003eSeetamma\u003c\/em\u003e delivered instantly by BookFunnel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"schars\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"schars-h\"\u003eMeet the Characters\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"schars-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"schars-card\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"schars-pic\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/4070\/2238\/files\/Seetamma.png?v=1782340868\" alt=\"Seetamma, protagonist of the novella Seetamma by Rasana Atreya\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-name\"\u003eSeetamma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-desc\"\u003eMarried for her beauty and her dowry, widowed by a wastrel, she becomes a mother again at forty-one — raising three orphaned granddaughters alone, strict as a school bell and fiercely, secretly tender.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"schars-card\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"schars-pic\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/4070\/2238\/files\/Mother-in-law.png?v=1782340880\" alt=\"Attaiyya garu, Seetamma's mother-in-law, in Seetamma by Rasana Atreya\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-name\"\u003eAttaiyya garu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-desc\"\u003eThe steel-spined keeper of the household cashbox who refuses to let the family's house — or its girls — be sold.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"schars-card\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"schars-pic\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/4070\/2238\/files\/Poleramma.png?v=1782340886\" alt=\"Poleramma, the wet-nurse in Seetamma by Rasana Atreya\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-name\"\u003ePoleramma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-desc\"\u003eThe sharp-tongued wet-nurse who feeds the twins, hands out unasked-for philosophy, and becomes Seetamma's most honest friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"schars-card\"\u003e\n\u003cimg class=\"schars-pic\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/4070\/2238\/files\/The_granddaughters.png?v=1782340896\" alt=\"The granddaughters Malli, Lata and Pullamma in Seetamma by Rasana Atreya\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-name\"\u003eMalli, Lata \u0026amp; Pullamma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"schars-desc\"\u003eThree orphaned girls the village wanted to divide like festival sweets — and the inheritance Seetamma refused to give up.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.schars{max-width:1100px;margin:28px auto 0;text-align:center}.schars-h{color:#003b73;margin:0 0 22px}.schars-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4,1fr);gap:22px}.schars-card{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;background:#fff;border-radius:14px;padding:16px 12px;box-shadow:0 2px 10px rgba(0,59,115,.08)}.schars-pic{width:150px;height:150px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;border:3px solid #d4af37;margin-bottom:12px}.schars-name{color:#003b73;font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;margin-bottom:6px}.schars-desc{color:#1f3551;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.4}@media(max-width:749px){.schars-grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);gap:14px}.schars-pic{width:120px;height:120px}}\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Rasana Atreya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59508354646302,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/4070\/2238\/files\/Seetamma_Cover_72fc283c-b18e-4018-8b9a-201bddc9dc00.png?v=1782341334","url":"https:\/\/rasanaatreya.com\/products\/seetamma","provider":"Rasana Atreya","version":"1.0","type":"link"}