{"product_id":"where-we-once-belonged-9781885030276","title":"Where We Once Belonged","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in New Zealand and winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Prize, Sia Figiel's debut marks the first time a novel by a Samoan woman has been published in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFigiel uses the traditional Samoan storytelling form of \u003cem\u003esu'ifefiloi\u003c\/em\u003e to talk back to Western anthropological studies of Samoan women and culture. Told in a series of linked episodes, this powerful and highly original narrative follows 13-year-old Alofa Filiga as she navigates the mores and restrictions of her village and comes to terms with her own search for identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A story of Samoan puberty blues, in which Gauguin is dead but Elvis lives on.\"\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eVogue Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A storytelling triumph.\"\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003cem\u003eElle Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47364817387756,"sku":"9781885030276","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3829153482859.jpg?v=1773008289","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/where-we-once-belonged-9781885030276","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}