{"product_id":"9781776923090","title":"Lucky Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his debut essay collection, award-winning Filipino-Kiwi essayist Joseph Trinidad explores the lessons of his grandmother’s chicken farm and his grandfather’s lucky golden fish; the vibrancy of his home country and its rites of passage such as tuli, beauty pageants and national Boy Scout jamborees; the contradictions of Aotearoa, which welcomes his family’s labour but insists they leave their mother tongues at the border; and his own journey of coming out, along with the hard work of actualisation that follows as he and his partner grapple with the desire to have a baby.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by the creatures of Filipino folktales and migrant touchstones such as FaceTime and 'that one cousin from the States',\u003cem\u003e Lucky Creatures \u003c\/em\u003eseeks to answer the eternal question: 'Was the move worth it?' Each resulting essay is an unforgettable exploration of life as a queer, Brown, transnational hybrid – filled with the warmth, grace and humour of the lucky creatures who can hear the call of home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph Trinidad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48952627429627,"sku":"9781776923090","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9781776923090.webp?v=1780881292","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/9781776923090","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}