{"product_id":"one-day-a-taniwha-tihema-baker","title":"One Day A Taniwha - Tihema Baker PRE-ORDER","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"book-content no-collapse\" style=\"height: 324px; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePre-order your copy today - due in-store in of August\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"book-content no-collapse\" style=\"height: 324px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the pressure of fatherhood tightens its grip, sleepless nights and rising tensions begin to erode Hepa's sense of control.  When the line between fear and reality begins to blur, can he be trusted with his own son?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"book-content no-collapse\" style=\"height: 324px;\"\u003eHepa hasn't slept properly in four months.  His newborn son, Wī, cries through the night.  The bills keep coming.  The pressure to hold everything together is closing in. Hepa tells himself to harden up.  Be the pillar his family needs.  The only place he feels in control is in his dreams. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"book-content no-collapse\" style=\"height: 324px;\"\u003eSince childhood he's been able to shape them, to bend the dream world to his will.  Until something begins watching back.   A presence with pāua-shell eyes starts appearing in his dreams, and then in waking life.  In the shadows.  In strangers' faces.  Whispering to Hepa while he rocks Wī to sleep.  It feels like living with a taniwha on his shoulder.  Hepa can't tell where the nightmares end and the real world begins - and he's terrified of what he might do... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) is a writer from Ōtaki. His writing often explores the complex interactions between and within te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā, based on personal and professional experience. He is the author of satirical novel \u003ci\u003eTurncoat\u003c\/i\u003e, which\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas longlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024, a young adult novel series, and various short stories and essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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":49026911076506,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/9781869718800OneDayaTaniwha_8f23749e-5f42-4fdd-b55a-f4b5a696090b.jpg?v=1787041106","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.pro\/products\/one-day-a-taniwha-tihema-baker","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}