{"product_id":"little-plum-by-laura-mcphee-browne-9781922790064","title":"Little Plum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully capturing the emotional complexity of impending motherhood, \u003cem\u003eLittle Plum\u003c\/em\u003e is a rich and vital story from a rising star in Australian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the cusp of thirty, Coral learns that a thing is growing inside her body. It is not necessarily a complete disaster, she tells herself. I'm okay, she tells herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSoon the thing inside her is the size of a plum. 'Little Plum,' she says, 'Little Plum, I love you.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd she wants to love it, the little plum. It's just that she can't yet think of it as what it is becoming - a baby, and not just a fruity morsel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCoral is tapping and shrugging more than usual. She is trying to stop the creature in her head from taking hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCoral might not be okay - or she might be seeing more clearly than anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBold, dark and sensuous, \u003cem\u003eLittle Plum\u003c\/em\u003e is the stunning follow-up to the award-winning debut \u003cem\u003eCherry Beach\u003c\/em\u003e. With skill and sensitivity, Laura McPhee-Browne takes us inside the mind of an expectant mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46670906786028,"sku":"9781922790064","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16311763482872.jpg?v=1752788487","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/little-plum-by-laura-mcphee-browne-9781922790064","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}