{"product_id":"model-minority-gone-rogue-by-qin-qin-9780733649844","title":"Model Minority Gone Rogue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 \u003ci\u003eAGE\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR AND 2025 ACT BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe all grow up with rules. Do this, be this, don't be that. Qin Qin was all about the rules: do your homework, be good, don't rock the boat. She was the model daughter, model student and model minority.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut doing everything right? It made her lost and miserable. So she decided to take a spectacular risk and change everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 23, Qin Qin was an unhappy overachiever working for a prestigious law firm. So she quit. She didn't know what else was out there, but she wanted to find out. She changed paths, changed countries, changed her entire view of what the world could be, and who \u003ci\u003eshe\u003c\/i\u003e could be - with some primal screaming and tree-hugging along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the process, she discovered the person she truly was, not who she thought she should be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModel Minority Gone Rogue\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, sad, exhilarating and thought-provoking true story about what happens when you want to live life on your own terms, even when those terms go against everything you've ever known. It's a story of what happens when you choose love over fear and honour your authentic self: life can be bigger and brighter than anything you had ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Qin Qin is a living example of the adage: \u003ci\u003escrew things up, thoughtfully\u003c\/i\u003e. With every chapter of her story, she illuminates an alternative model to the corrosive stories we've taken on and been told about what we should be, rather than who we could be. Read this and feel yourself untangle and unknot.' \u003cb\u003eBENJAMIN LAW,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eauthor, journalist and broadcaster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eModel Minority Gone Rogue\u003c\/i\u003e is about finding yourself against the expectations your parents, society and gender set out for you and courageously venturing into uncharted terrain ... It is illuminating, generous and full of gutsy hard-won wisdom.' \u003cb\u003eALICE PUNG, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnpolished Gem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I wish this book had existed when I was growing up. It will shock you, move you and educate you. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about the experience of being an Australian of Chinese heritage.' \u003cb\u003eSUE-LIN WONG,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eaward-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e correspondent and \u003ci\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/i\u003e podcast host\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Bold and frequently surprising, Qin Qin brings the same challenge to her readers as she has for her hard-won identity: grow, love and question everything! \u003ci\u003eModel Minority Gone Rogue\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for anyone who has ever screamed on the inside, with powerful and unyielding observations on sex, race, the body and feminism.' \u003cb\u003eCADANCE BELL,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eauthor and TV producer, writer and director\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sassy, sad, funny, unvarnished.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCANBERRA TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072308789484,"sku":"9780733649844","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780733649844.jpg?v=1765093787","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/model-minority-gone-rogue-by-qin-qin-9780733649844","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}