{"product_id":"fruit-of-knowledge-by-liv-stromquist-9780349010731","title":"Fruit of Knowledge","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘How I loved reading \u003ci\u003eFruit of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e... Clever, angry, funny and righteous, also informative to an eye-popping degree’\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Graphic Novel of the Month\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Adam and Eve to pussy hats, people have punished, praised, pathologised, and politicised vulvas, vaginas, clitorises, and menstruation. In the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eFruit of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated Swedish cartoonist Liv Strömquist traces how different cultures and traditions have shaped women's health and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer biting, informed commentary and ponytailed avatar guides the reader from the darkest chapters of history (a clitoridectomy performed on a five-year-old American child as late as 1948) to the lightest (vulvas used as architectural details as a symbol of protection). Like Alison Bechdel and Jacky Fleming, she uses the comics medium to reveal uncomfortable truths about how far we haven't come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Just the thing for all the feminists in your life’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘This book made me laugh in public (and also cry a little). It is the book I gave to my younger sister the next time I saw her because of its anger and brilliance and because it is an overwhelming source of knowledge about things we should all already know’\u003c\/b\u003e Daisy Johnson, author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eEverything Under\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘There are moments of genuine hilarity, as when Strömquist pictures the dinner party chatter of men living under a matriarchy, and others of fierce anger in this wild, witty and vital book’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596448841964,"sku":"9780349010731","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780349010731-fruit-of-knowledge.jpg?v=1777925860","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fruit-of-knowledge-by-liv-stromquist-9780349010731","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}