{"product_id":"9781784633110","title":"My Hummingbird Father","description":"Author(s): Petit, Pascale, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 15\/09\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 304 pages, Not illustrated, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Salt Publishing, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Salt Publishing, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 196 x 130 x 26mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 266g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784633110\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It's unsurprisingly poetic, full of lyrical, luscious descriptions of the rainforest and shot through with magic realism. I loved it.’ —Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘The poet’s novel of art and abuse vividly evokes one woman’s quest to uncover long-lost memories.’ —The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Scintillating.’ —Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When artist Dominique receives a letter from her dying father, a reckoning with repressed memories and a pull for romantic and familial love sends shock waves through her life, as she journeys to Paris to face the places and events of her early years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Balanced with visits to the Venezuelan Amazon, where Dominique explores a spiritual and loving longing (meeting a young guide, Juan), a raw and tender unfolding of this love story is a parallel to the uncovering of the shocking truth of Dominique’s birth, and her parents’ relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Pascale Petit’s My Hummingbird Father is a beautifully lyrical debut novel in dialogue with Pascale’s Ondaatje and Laurel Prize-winning poetry collection, Mama Amazonica.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51637682241914,"sku":"9781784633110","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781784633110_84f4a518-e81c-4d60-9aed-1c83e7c5c598.jpg?v=1740671842","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9781784633110","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}