{"product_id":"wandering-nature-of-us-girls-the","title":"Wandering Nature Of Us Girls, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these small stories, Frankie McMillan balances transgression and wit, showing a cast of unmoored characters with her signature warmth and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBursts of vivid, poetic writing blur the line between reality and surrealism as she explores all kinds of wandering: children wander, adults drift into unexpected relationships, and footholds can never be certain. Water, too, meanders like a river in the collection, a powerful presence linking disparate lives: the girls raised by swans swim towards what they hope is a better future in the West, a grandmother swims naked in an isolated bush lake, Magdalene’s behaviour on the fishing boat is under scrutiny by her sisters, while the taniwha Kaiwhakaruaki looms over lovers hiding under a wooden dinghy on the beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn settings as unexpected as a European post-war circus or an inflatable pool in suburban Aotearoa, the enduring bonds of family, real or imagined, take centre stage. Frankie McMillan has given us a collection that is poignant, revelatory and bitter sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canterbury University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40780938608674,"sku":"9781988503332","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/products\/Copy-of-Book-Template-589.jpg?v=1662778060","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/wandering-nature-of-us-girls-the","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}