{"product_id":"verge-2021-9781922464439","title":"Verge 2021","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe death of a bird haunts the relationship between two siblings. A lonely narrator waits for a bus that never comes. A boy makes soup with his grandmother and wonders about the memories she has buried.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the sixteenth edition of \u003cem\u003eVerge\u003c\/em\u003e, we asked contributors to reflect on the theme of \u003cem\u003eHome\u003c\/em\u003e, a word that took on a new meaning after a year of solitude and separation. We chose this theme because we hoped to read about homes of all kinds: unhomely homes, abandoned homes, unlikely homes, forgotten homes, found homes. And we were awed by the beauty, depth and variety in the pieces we received.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur writers explored homes of past, present and future; they probed the bleakness of domesticity and mourned the loss of what was once held close. They wrote about familial ties and found communities, about the painfulness of childhood and the bonds of ancestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWriting, indeed, to make a home in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363324084460,"sku":"9781922464439","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13055513482872.jpg?v=1772920449","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/verge-2021-9781922464439","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}