{"product_id":"backwaters","title":"Backwaters","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize, Backwaters is a tender and exquisitely written debut novel examining identity, race and complex family history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaura is tired of being asked where she's really from. Her family has lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for four generations, and she's ambivalent at best about her Chinese heritage. But when she's asked to write about the Chinese New Zealander experience for a work project, Laura finds herself drawn to the diary of her great-great-grandfather Ken, a market gardener in the early years of the British colony. With the help of her beloved grandpa, Laura begins to write a version of Ken's story. She imagines his youth in Guangzhou and his journey to a new land-unaware that soon, spurred on by a family secret that comes to light, she will go on her own journey of self-discovery, sexuality and reckoning with the past. A tender, nuanced novel about the bittersweet search for belonging, Backwaters marks the arrival of a brilliant new talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNarrative theme: Identity \/ belonging, Narrative theme: Coming of age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmma Ling Sidnam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 233mm W: 155mm Spine: 31mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 422 grams\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42738637537430,"sku":"9781922790422","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/products\/jacket---2023-09-05T163505-406.jpg?v=1693888586","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/backwaters","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}