{"product_id":"amma-by-saraid-de-silva-9781869718688","title":"Amma","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best NZ books of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/i\u003e and Newsroom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Bookety Book Books Reader's Choice Top 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I couldn't put it down - a moving, heartbreaking (and repairing) family drama. The writing is gorgeous, transporting, powerful: this will be one of the big adult novels of the year' \u003ci\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In \u003ci\u003eAmma\u003c\/i\u003e, the past is never far away - it binds three generations of remarkable women, each juggling their own desires and secrets with the expectations placed on them by tradition and the volatile environments they find themselves in ... A book as shocking and revelatory as any family secret, \u003ci\u003eAmma\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you shaken and reminded of the power of love and loyalty'\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Tse, New Zealand Poet Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingapore, 1951\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Josephina is a girl, her parents lock her in a room with the father of the boy to whom she's betrothed. What happens next will determine the lives of generations to come.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Zealand, 1984\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosephina and her family leave Sri Lanka for New Zealand. But their new home is not what they expected, and for the children, Sithara and Suri, a sudden and shocking event changes everything.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon, 2018\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArriving on her uncle Suri's doorstep, jetlagged and heartbroken, Annie has no idea what to expect - all she knows is that Suri was cast out of the family before she was born.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoving between cities and generations, \u003ci\u003eAmma\u003c\/i\u003e follows three women on very different paths, against a backdrop of shifting cultures. As circumstance and misunderstanding force them apart, it will take the most profound love to knit them back together before it's too late.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I can't remember the last time a book held me captive the way \u003ci\u003eAmma\u003c\/i\u003e did... the power of memory, of perspective, pain and love in all its different forms through the eyes of three unforgettable women'\u003c\/i\u003e Ore Agbaje-Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105172832492,"sku":"9781869718688","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781869718688.jpg?v=1767913634","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/amma-by-saraid-de-silva-9781869718688","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}