{"title":"Lara Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLara Day\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into intimate journeys of heritage and identity through her compelling biographies and memoirs. Her work, such as \u003cem\u003eAbakada\u003c\/em\u003e, explores cultural roots with sensitivity and vivid storytelling that resonates deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExpect narratives that blend personal history with broader cultural insights, offering thoughtful reflections that illuminate the complexities of memory and belonging. Lara Day’s writing is a meaningful addition to any collection of life stories and memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"abakada-by-lara-day-9781764555852","title":"Abakada","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Every few years, since legal adulthood, I’d moved cities or countries. I wondered if this was an adaptive response to colonialism and diaspora, encoded in my miscegenated, globally interwoven DNA. Or maybe I had cultural ADHD. Or maybe, you know, commitment issues.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLara Day remembers the exact moment she stopped speaking Tagalog, her Filipino mother tongue, because her English father couldn’t understand her. From this moment of loss, \u003ci\u003eAbakada\u003c\/i\u003e takes a spiralling journey across decades and continents, as Lara grows up in colonial Hong Kong to endure chronic fatigue in the UK, a coup in Thailand, a pandemic in Australia – and terrible boyfriends in more than one country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold alphabetically, \u003ci\u003eAbakada\u003c\/i\u003e sifts through the pieces of life with humour and insight, weaving together themes of family, voice and lineage, to find a language all of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68068846797036,"sku":"9781764555852","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781764555852-abakada-1.jpg?v=1793819215"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/lara-day.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}