{"product_id":"matryoshka-by-katherine-johnson","title":"Matryoshka by Katherine Johnson (Signed)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Better Son\u003c\/em\u003e is back with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMatryoshka\u003c\/em\u003e - a beautifully written and haunting tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eof family, secrets, violence and refuge, set against the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ebreathtaking backdrop of Tasmania.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen Sara Rose returns to live in her recently\u003cbr\u003edeceased grandmother's Tasmanian cottage, her past and that of her\u003cbr\u003emother and grandmother is ever present. Sara's grandmother, Nina\u003cbr\u003eBarsova, a Russian post-war immigrant, lovingly raised Sara in the\u003cbr\u003ecottage at the foot of Mt Wellington but without ever explaining why\u003cbr\u003eSara's own mother, Helena, abandoned her as a baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSara, a geneticist, also longs to know the identity of\u003cbr\u003eher father, and Helena won't tell her. Now, estranged not only\u003cbr\u003efrom her mother, but also from her husband, Sara raises her\u003cbr\u003edaughter, Ellie, with a central wish to spare her the same\u003cbr\u003efeeling of abandonment that she experienced as a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhen Sara meets an Afghani refugee separated from his beloved\u003cbr\u003ewife and family, she decides to try to repair relations with Helena\u003cbr\u003e- but when a lie told by her grandmother years before begins to\u003cbr\u003eunravel, a darker truth than she could ever imagine is revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMatryoshka\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting and beautifully written story about\u003cbr\u003ethe power of maternal love, and the danger of secrets passed\u003cbr\u003edown through generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(7, 128, 19);\"\u003eSigned by author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eContemporary Fiction - Australia - Tasmania - Australian Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eVery good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e2018 by Ventura Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e319\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e9781925384635\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 450g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Johnson, Katherine","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback (22.9 x 15.2 cm)","offer_id":41717523382358,"sku":"","price":8.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_fc23f6c7-e988-4625-a309-65fd06941cac.jpg?v=1778233643","url":"https:\/\/www.secondhandpages.com.au\/products\/matryoshka-by-katherine-johnson","provider":"Secondhand Pages ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}