{"product_id":"the-bone-people","title":"The Bone People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond-Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bone People\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Kerewin, a despairing part-Maori artist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way to face the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer cocoon is rudely blown away by the sudden arrival of Simon, a mute six-year-old whose past seems to hold some terrible trauma. In his wake comes his foster-father Joe, a Maori factory worker with a nasty temper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1984, this is a true classic of the NZ literary world. Hulme was turned down by many publishing houses before she found a small publishing house in New Zealand called Spiral, a collective of feminist women including Maori leader Irihapeti Ramsden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bone People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e won both the \u003c\/span\u003eBooker Prize for Fiction\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003ePegasus Prize for Literature\u003cspan\u003e in 1985.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"css-rtdfvn\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/booksblog\/2009\/nov\/19\/booker-club-bone-people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBooker club: The Bone People by Keri Hulme\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Keri Hulme","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42543199912105,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/bone_14f1b61e-b3a6-4432-a3b5-3ca76a1b4de7.jpg?v=1662441177","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-bone-people","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}