{"product_id":"patchwork-6","title":"Patchwork","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing. In this coming-of-age novel, acclaimed author Ellen Banda-Aaku offers a profound exploration into the effects of stigma, class, and family dynamics in 1970s Zambia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePumpkin is a nine-year-old girl pulled between two vastly different worlds – that of her father, the wealthy and power-hungry Joseph Sakavungo, and her mother, his unstable mistress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Pumpkin attempts to come to terms with her own identity, she struggles to fashion a future for herself out of the torn patchwork of her parents' lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully constructed, Banda-Aaku has crafted a story that is in equal parts uplifting and bittersweet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423174607192,"sku":"9781035900459","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035900459.jpg?v=1764404134","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/patchwork-6","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}