{"product_id":"islands-of-forgotten-daughters","title":"Islands of Forgotten Daughters","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Utterly enthralling' \u003cb\u003eJESSICA J. LEE, author of \u003ci\u003eTwo Trees Make A Forest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lush, magnetic, elegiac and absorbing' \u003cb\u003eMEGHA MOHAN, author of \u003ci\u003eHerlands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Skilfully crafted and beguilingly immersive'\u003cb\u003e SANTANU BHATTACHARYA, author of \u003ci\u003eDeviants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet the matriarchs of Filipino myth – defiant goddesses, powerful witches, terrifying shapeshifters – and their real-life counterparts, as Carla Montemayor journeys to discover her own ancestry and the stories of her people.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Carla Montemayor discovers that her great-great grandmother was a binukot – a girl sequestered from her family and community, trained to memorise and sing the myths of her people – this sets her on her own epic journey to uncover her ancestry. Why was she raised on European fairytales and Greek myths when the stories of her own people are so rich? And why did no one in her family speak of their illustrious binukot foremother anymore?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravelling to the Philippines to trace the lives of her female relatives, Carla discovers that, officially, her people have no history. Like many indigenous groups, their stories have been erased by colonists. It becomes her work to reconstruct and reimagine them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together the tales of her family members, who survived war, oppression, violence, displacement and more, with the myths of her people, Carla finds similarities: women with courage, resourcefulness and ambition, who fight and love with equal ferocity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIslands of Forgotten\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaughters \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates these women and tells their tales, offering a fresh perspective on Filipino history and culture. It is a rallying cry for the power of storytelling: to resist erasure, preserve identity and resonate for generations to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[A] beautiful book' \u003cb\u003eJULIET NICOLSON, author of \u003ci\u003eFrostquake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An important and tender act of recovery' \u003cb\u003eROMALYN ANTE, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Left-Behind Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful tale of diaspora, love and loss' \u003cb\u003eMIRIAM GOLD, author of \u003ci\u003eElena: A Handmade Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56672767476056,"sku":"9781784745622","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/islands-of-forgotten-daughters","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}