{"product_id":"my-spare-heart-by-jared-thomas-9781760631833","title":"My Spare Heart","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORT-LISTED: 2023 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI mean, Mum didn't drink \u003c\/em\u003ethat\u003cem\u003e much. All of my friends' parents loved their champagne or whatever. Everyone drank in The Village, too. I'd only been there for about a month and there'd already been five wine and food festivals. Mum's drinking wasn't a big deal. Right?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoebe's non-Indigenous mother, a busy event manager, and her father, an Aboriginal man and uni lecturer, have split up and she's moved to sleepy old Willunga with him and his new health-obsessed girlfriend. It's only a few kilometres from Phoebe's old friends and the city, but it feels like another world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer new school is full of hippies, but some of the kids are cool and the local basketball team is tight, and before long Phoebe's fitting in. But as her mum becomes increasingly unreliable, Phoebe's grades begin to suffer, her place on the basketball team is under threat and her worries spiral out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoebe can't tell her friends and is worried her dad will get angry, but pretending everything is fine is breaking her heart. How can she help her mum without tearing her family apart?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A story with grit, \u003cb\u003eauthenticity of voice\u003c\/b\u003e and characters who show \u003cb\u003estrength in identity and culture\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003eAnita Heiss\u003c\/b\u003e, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eBila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThis book will move you.\u003c\/b\u003e It navigates the mess, chaos and complexities of life with grace.' \u003cb\u003eRebecca Lim\u003c\/b\u003e, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eTiger Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHonest, raw and full of heart\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003cb\u003eTobias Madden\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eAnything But Fine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46734171832556,"sku":"9781760631833","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23705273482814.jpg?v=1755194764","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/my-spare-heart-by-jared-thomas-9781760631833","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}