{"product_id":"it-comes-in-waves-by-rukky-brume-9781529954180","title":"It Comes in Waves","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful debut about grief, faith and family novel from an exciting new voice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A breathtaking debut'\u003c\/em\u003e Foluso Agbaje\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003cem\u003eIt Comes in Waves\u003c\/em\u003e will leave you gasping for air, in the best ways'\u003c\/em\u003e Maame Blue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrief, that ungovernable pet - it comes and goes as it pleases, never straying far.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeath sneaks up on Onome Odafe. She has little experience of what it means to lose someone she truly loves. So when her sister calls to tell her that their father didn't survive a stroke, she isn't sure how to act, what grieving is meant to look or feel like. She passes the days until she returns to Nigeria for the funeral in a haze of performance and distraction, holding together what little of herself is left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReunited with her siblings and mother, Onome is thrown into the depths of various funeral events, uncomfortable customs, meddling religious figures and both unfamiliar and familiar faces. One of which, is Aunty Eguono, her father's sister; a woman who has never shied away from making a scene, and whose careless words one afternoon upend the only image of her father Onome has ever known. As she struggles to accept the reality of her father's death, she finds herself on a path of discovery leading towards an unsettling truth - a man can be more than one thing, and the man in question may be her father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable debut, \u003cem\u003eIt Comes in Waves\u003c\/em\u003e is both an honest exploration of grief and a captivating story of the lives we lead and leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418136232172,"sku":"9781529954180","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529954180.jpg?v=1774322827","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/it-comes-in-waves-by-rukky-brume-9781529954180","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}