{"product_id":"hometown-by-shaun-tan-9781761180811","title":"Hometown","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou need to know who I am.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat I think and how I feel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThen you'll know why I did what I did.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImagine living in a perfect world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou have a loving family, a beautiful home and awesome friends. Everything is just as it should be. Until one day, when a stranger arrives. A stranger who looks just like you. A stranger with a troubling message...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the creator of \u003cem\u003eThe Arrival\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTales from Outer Suburbia\u003c\/em\u003e comes a visually stunning, moving and humorous meditation on all the things that make us who we are and how we choose to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eHometown\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Loved it!! Chockfull of magic!!' - Guillermo Del Toro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I can't overstate how much Shaun's work has meant for me and my family over the years. And now, his latest is a passionate, clever and inspiring tale about how we choose which family to love. I am so excited to share this one with mine.' - Darren Aronofsky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Where \u003cem\u003eThe Arrival\u003c\/em\u003e was about leaving home for the strange but hopefully welcoming new world, \u003cem\u003eHometown\u003c\/em\u003e is about what makes us what we are—family, friends, environment. A joyful, surprising, marvellous book.' - Kelly Link\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Here is a cornucopia of a world to set beside the densely realised imaginings of Topor or Miyazaki - a many-splendored thing.' - Dave McKean\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A spectacularly surreal coming-of-age story about choice, family, and the gravitational pull of belonging.' - \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48021989228780,"sku":"9781761180811","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761180811-hometown.jpg?v=1785285897","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/hometown-by-shaun-tan-9781761180811","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}