{"product_id":"fig-by-dael-allison-9781923099852","title":"Fig","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFig\u003c\/i\u003e is Dael Allison’s narrative portrait of the regional place of Muloobinba\/Newcastle and its Coquun\/Hunter River catchment in fourteen linked stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIts span encompasses dockworkers who supported Chinese seamen walking off their ship in 1937, a young drag queen caught in the melee of the Star Hotel riot in 1979, and the fall-out for a female apprentice joining BHP’s male-centric workplace. The collection also covers activists blockading coal ships from entering the world’s biggest coal port, protestors fiercely trying to protect an emblematic avenue of native fig trees in the CBD, as well as when the failures to protect results in domestic violence, homelessness, and the institutionalised exploitation of children by the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnity in this collection comes from the character of the city itself and shifting representations of its waterways and hinterland, as well as through recurring characters and relationships in the narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708979577068,"sku":"9781923099852","price":34.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923099852-fig-1.jpg?v=1791840164","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/fig-by-dael-allison-9781923099852","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}