{"product_id":"kataraina-becky-manawatu","title":"Kataraina - Becky Manawatu","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-short-description text-large\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eLonglisted for the JANN MEDLICOTT Acorn PRIZE FOR Fiction - 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-short-description text-large\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Auē eight-year-old Ārama was taken by his brother, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaukiri, to live with Kat and Stu at the farm in Kaikōura, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esetting in train the tragedy that unfolded. Ārama’s aunty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKat was at the centre of events, but silenced by abuse her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evoice was absent from the story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-short-description text-large\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Kataraina, Kat and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher whānau take over the telling. As one, they return to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eher childhood and the time when she first began to feel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe greenness of the swamp in her veins – the swamp that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eholds her tears and the tears of her tīpuna, the swamp on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe land owned by Stu that has been growing since the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egirl shot the man. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecky Manawatu’s new novel is the much-awaited sequel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto award-winning bestseller Auē and is unflinching in its \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eportrayal of the destructive ways people love one another \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the ancestral whenua on which they stand.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45267368149146,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/kataraina-9781067011307-scaled.jpg?v=1727482102","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/kataraina-becky-manawatu","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}