{"product_id":"but-the-girl-paperback-by-jessica-yu","title":"But the Girl Paperback by Jessica Yu","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2024-09-10)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e224\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781529922837\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e164.43\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.68 x 12.93 x 1.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrreverent, witty and wise, \u003ci\u003eBut the Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your family behind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impressive... Yu remakes the art of writing itself'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful new novel for a metamodern world'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRANDON TAYLOR, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Late Americans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGirl was born on the very day her parents and grandmother immigrated from Malaysia to Australia. The story goes that her mother held on tight to her pelvic muscles in an effort to gift her the privilege of an Australian passport. But it's hard to be the embodiment of all your family's hopes and dreams, especially in a country that's hostile to your very existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Girl receives a scholarship to travel to the UK, she is finally free for the first time. In London and then Scotland she is meant to be working on a PhD on Sylvia Plath and writing a postcolonial novel. But Girl can't stop thinking about her upbringing and the stories of the people who raised her. How can she reconcile their expectations with her reality? Did Sylvia Plath have this problem? What even is a 'postcolonial novel'? And what if the story of becoming yourself is not about carving out a new identity, but learning to understand the people who made you who you are?\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Zhan Mei Yu\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eBest Australian Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOverland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e and others. In 2021, she was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. \u003ci\u003eBut the Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555605631137,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781529922837","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781529922837.jpg?v=1781792557","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/but-the-girl-paperback-by-jessica-yu","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}