{"product_id":"potiki-paperback-by-patricia-grace","title":"Potiki Paperback by Patricia Grace","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\u003ePenguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2020-03-31)\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\u003e192\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780241413555\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e147.42\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.78 x 5.12 x 0.44\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                \u003cbr\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Provocative, compassionate and beautiful' - Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA moving story of a Maori community's fight for survival, from one of New Zealand's most prominent and celebrated authors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the remote coast of New Zealand, at the curve that binds the land and  the sea, a small Maori community live, work, fish, play and tell  stories of their ancestors. But something is changing. The prophet child toko can sense it. Men are coming, with dollars and big plans to develop the area for tourism. As their ancestral land becomes threatened, the people must unite in a battle for survival. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeaving together myth and memory, Patricia Grace's prize-winning novel is a  spellbinding portrait of a defiant community determined to protect their way of life at any cost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Grace \u003c\/b\u003eis one of New Zealand's most prominent and celebrated authors and a figurehead of modern Indigenous literature. She garnered initial acclaim in the 1970s with her collection of short stories entitled \u003ci\u003eWaiariki\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) - the first published book by a Maori woman. She has published six novels and seven short story collections, as well as a number of books for children and a work of non-fiction. She won the New Zealand Book Award for Fiction for \u003ci\u003ePotiki\u003c\/i\u003e in 1987, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2001 with \u003ci\u003eDogside Story\u003c\/i\u003e, which also won the 2001 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Fiction Prize. In 2008 she won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n                        \n                        \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43337055305889,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780241413555","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9780241413555.jpg?v=1697646472","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/potiki-paperback-by-patricia-grace","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}