{"product_id":"chinese-fish","title":"Chinese Fish","description":"\u003cp\u003ePing leaves Hong Kong for a prosperous life in New Zealand – or so she has been led to believe. Instead she works long hours frying fish in a rat-infested shop, and at home contends with a dissolute husband and four children who struggle with their mother’s unhappiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolyphonic and richly textured, \u003cem\u003eChinese Fish\u003c\/em\u003e is an intergenerational saga spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. It is an intimate insight into family dynamics, oral and written legacies, migratory histories, and the lives of mothers and daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘For these immigrants\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003efrom the impoverished\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eunsanitary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003evillages of China,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhere beggars and vagabonds are numerous,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand lepers peculiarly wretched,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhere the coast is infested\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewith pirates, children\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ekidnapped and sold, and whole families\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003elive on boats,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Zealand is a paradise.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akoya Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57261072875864,"sku":"9781836750130","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781836750130_73095f59-66c7-456f-86b9-4ff70b081a82.jpg?v=1778827565","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/chinese-fish","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}