{"product_id":"9781776923359","title":"This Compulsion In Us","description":"\u003cp class=\"s9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s6\"\u003eWinner of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for General Non-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s6\"\u003eF\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s6\"\u003eiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eTina \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eMakereti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e stands at the foot of her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003emounga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e and pays careful attention to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003etohu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e. With her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003etūpuna\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e at her elbow she casts around for home, meets taonga in museums, and writes her way towards her father. She walks through the darkness with others, in awe of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e Kore, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ePō\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eTe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e Ao Mārama—a universe of potential being, dark and light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eIn these frank and moving essays, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eMakereti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e explores her many intersecting lives as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ehine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eMāori—teacher, daughter, traveller, parent—and a past that is as alive and changeful as the present moment. From the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003ewāhine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003e who have shown her ways of being, to the experience of living with an alcoholic, undergoing breast cancer treatment and recognising how art returns power to survivors of colonialism, she asks—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eWhat if we could transform the events that made us who we are? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s10\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s8\"\u003eWhat if there were a way back to the beginning?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tina Makereti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160484782331,"sku":"9781776923359","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9781776923359_jpg.webp?v=1786606803","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/9781776923359","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}