{"product_id":"the-swift-dark-tide-by-katia-ariel-9780645633719","title":"The Swift Dark Tide","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when, in the middle of a happy heterosexual marriage, a woman falls in love with another woman?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Swift Dark Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of selfhood and desire, of careful listening to an ungovernable heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part love letter, \u003ci\u003eThe Swift Dark Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is also a chronicle of life by the sea, journeying between Melbourne's St Kilda and the Black Sea town of Odessa. Katia Ariel introduces us to a lineage of soulful, strident women and beautifully nuanced men. She invites us into home and heart to witness love, loss and joy, motherhood, daughterhood and the urgent wildness of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Swift Dark Tide:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A lyrical memoir of family, inheritance and queer becoming. Ariel writes with the eyes of a poet and the heart of a true romantic. Her sentences are crystalline marvels, gifts to be savoured and held up to the light.' – Yves Rees, author of \u003ci\u003eAll About Yves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Alive with passion and pain, exquisitely metaphorical, Ariel's memoir is a stunning feat of honesty. Not only a captivating story of one relationship and its breathtaking beginnings, it is also a journey of family, migration, motherhood, and entrusting ourselves to our hearts and bodies. The writing pulses with love, drawing meticulous connections between place, family and desire spanning continents, bodies and generations. Immerse yourself in Ariel's richly poetic world and savour its visceral impact.' – Katherine Brabon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shut Ins\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Artist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rich and raw, lyrical, philosophical but also deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Swift Dark Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is that rare thing: an unforgettable memoir.' – Nigel Featherstone, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Heart is a Little Wild Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBodies of Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846666834156,"sku":"9780645633719","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23782763482417.jpg?v=1758916797","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-swift-dark-tide-by-katia-ariel-9780645633719","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}