{"product_id":"the-human-origins-of-beatrice-porter-and-other-essential-ghosts-by-soraya-palmer-9781788168403","title":"The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Today Show Most Anticipated Book of 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn Electric Literature Recommendation for 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Goodreads Buzziest Debut of 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A brilliant, compelling exploration of familial legacies. A mythic and edifying read\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Irenosen Okojie, author of \u003cem\u003eSpeak Gigantular\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSisters Zora and Sasha Porter are drifting apart. Bearing witness to their father's violence and their mother's worsening illness, an unsettled Zora escapes into her journal, dreaming of being a writer, while Sasha discovers sex and chest binding, spending more time with her new girlfriend than at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the sisters, like their parents, must come together to answer to beings greater than themselves and reckon with a family secret buried in the past. A tale told from the perspective of a mischievous narrator, featuring the Rolling Calf who haunts butchers, Mama Dglo who lives in the ocean, a vain tiger, and an outsmarted snake, \u003cem\u003eThe Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary debut novel, a celebration of the power of stories which asks - what happens to us when our stories are erased? Do we disappear? Or do we come back haunting?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46553933545708,"sku":"9781788168403","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18213073482824.jpg?v=1750082681","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-human-origins-of-beatrice-porter-and-other-essential-ghosts-by-soraya-palmer-9781788168403","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}