{"product_id":"eggshell-by-olivia-de-zilva-9780987447944","title":"Eggshell","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in 2000s Adelaide, \u003ci\u003eEggshell\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Kira, a sarcastic, cynical teenager living in a council flat with her Cantonese grandmother (Apoh) and her rebellious older cousin, Jake. This novella starts and ends with Kira's experience of Year 12 where she is caught between two worlds: being a subservient Cantonese granddaughter and a Big Brother-watching, boy-crazy Australian schoolgirl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEggshell\u003c\/i\u003e is a young-adult novella dealing with themes of identity, racism, romance, sexuality, and adolescence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As a Chinese Australian who lived through the early 2000s, this stunning novella gave me cultural whiplash, taking me straight back to my salad days of early internet, teen fashion mags, Charlie perfume in the girl's locker rooms and rites of passages with privileged Western students! I laughed out loud at the biting humour, I wept for these flesh and bone characters and I nodded along to our shared Asian experience until my neck hurt. Olivia is an exciting new powerhouse and I will be following her career keenly.' — Shirley Marr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Delightfully raucous and rich in detail, \u003ci\u003eEggshell\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with all the cringe, colour, heartache, and hilarity of high school. De Zilva has created a cast of memorable characters that you'll fall in love with, groan at, despair for, and ultimately cheer on with both fists raised.' — Erin Gough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998051946732,"sku":"9780987447944","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4a878e6adddb6973b639b8cf6a2c59ad.jpg?v=1763237627","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/eggshell-by-olivia-de-zilva-9780987447944","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}