{"product_id":"9781837261178-foreign-fruit","title":"Foreign Fruit","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Personal History of the Orange\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA prize-winning and hauntingly beautiful hybrid memoir that uses the history, journey and cultivation of a single fruit - the orange - to reckon with the author's own mixed heritage and Asian identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FOR DEBUT NON-FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE FORTNUM \u0026amp; MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2026\u003cbr\u003eA DEBUTIFUL BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A bold new voice' \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Visceral . I could feel every word' ANGELA HUI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thoughtful, poetic and clear-sighted' CECILE PIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe orange is a souvenir of history. Across time, it has been a harbinger of God and doom, fortune and failure, pleasure and suffering. It is a fruit containing metaphors, dreams, mythologies, superstitions, parables and histories within its tough rind. So, what happens when the fruit is peeled and each segment - each moment of history, each meaning in time - is pulled apart?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this distinct, subversive and intimate hybrid memoir, Katie Goh explores the orange as a means of understanding the world, and herself within it. What she reveals is violence, colonialism, resilience, survival, adaptation - and unexpected beauty and sweetness against all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57599078564214,"sku":"9781837261178","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40982233_d9d0dfb3-a769-4011-8509-98906a3934c8.jpg?v=1776963140","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781837261178-foreign-fruit","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}