{"product_id":"wish-child","title":"Wish Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADULT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLEARANCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e am the wish child, the future cast in water.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am the thrown coin, the blown candle; I am the fallen star.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of Catherine Chidgey’s extraordinary new novel is an enigmatic voice that tells the story of German families caught up in a nation’s dream.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s 1939. Two children watch as their parents become immersed in the puzzling mechanisms of power. Sieglinde lives in the affluent ignorance of middle-class Berlin, her father a censor who cuts prohibited words such as love and mercy out of books. Erich is an only child living a rural life near Leipzig, tending beehives, aware that he is shadowed by strange, unanswered questions. Drawn together as Germany’s hope for a glorious future begins to collapse, the children find temporary refuge in an abandoned theatre amidst the rubble of Berlin. Outside, white bedsheets hang from windows; all over the city people are talking of surrender. The days Sieglinde and Erich spend together will shape the rest of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wish Child\u003c\/em\u003e is a profound meditation on the wreckage caused by a corrupt ideology, on the resilience of the human spirit, and on crimes that cannot be undone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Wish Child\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us with grace and understated wisdom of a need to strive for universal good. I ached as I read. This novel is unmissable.’ —\u003cem\u003eSunday Star-Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘This is a brilliant novel, with a cohesive and persuasive vision of human beings under stress, a subtle prose-style and a major grasp of things that really matter.’ —\u003cem\u003eReid’s Reader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Chidgey’s compellingly gentle and empathetic treatment of the consequences of very disturbing patterns of human behaviour serves to maintain her position as one of our “must read” novelists.’ —\u003cem\u003eOtago Daily Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘a fiercely determined act of imagining’ —\u003cem\u003eNorth and South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘an incredible piece of writing’ —\u003cem\u003eNew Zealand Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Chidgey\u003c\/strong\u003e’s previous novels are \u003cem\u003eIn a Fishbone Church\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eGolden Deeds\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), and \u003cem\u003eThe Transformation\u003c\/em\u003e (2003). Some of her honours include Best First Book at the New Zealand Book Awards and at the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific), a Betty Trask Award (UK), the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Award, and a longlisting for the Orange Prize. \u003cem\u003eGolden Deeds\u003c\/em\u003e was chosen by \u003cem\u003eTime Out \u003c\/em\u003emagazine (London) as a book of the year, and was a 2002 Best Book in the \u003cem\u003eLA Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e and a 2002 Notable Book in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2001 Catherine spent time in Menton, France as the Katherine Mansfield Fellow, and in 2002 she won the inaugural Prize in Modern Letters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover: Keely O'Shannessy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books for Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067081998508,"sku":"9781776560622","price":17.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/8422\/5964\/files\/9781776560622_1.jpg?v=1787789569","url":"https:\/\/booksforkids.co.nz\/products\/wish-child","provider":"Books for Kids","version":"1.0","type":"link"}