{"product_id":"parable-of-the-sower-by-octavia-e-butler-9781538732182","title":"Parable of the Sower","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a celebrated, award-winning author, a modern classic about a young girl fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbours, sheltered from the surrounding social chaos and anarchy caused by climate change and economic crisis. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy—a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrecocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith... and a startling vision of human destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLauren's story continues in \u003ci\u003eThe Parable of the Talents.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Octavia Butler's \u003ci\u003eParable\u003c\/i\u003e books may be unmatched.\" — \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643143864556,"sku":"9781538732182","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4e80bf69e813ef0d342379d7879384d8.jpg?v=1779169536","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/parable-of-the-sower-by-octavia-e-butler-9781538732182","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}