{"product_id":"hoods-landing","title":"Hoods Landing","description":"\u003cp\u003eRita considered the dead. Shut her eyes. Rolled their names around her brain. Stacked each person in order like folded laundry, warm and crisp from the sun. She wondered how her name would sound amongst them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the rural reaches of Auckland, the women of the eclectic Gordon family gather for Christmas. They may push each other’s buttons, but know precisely when to offer tea (or a tipple). Rita, the 50-year-old baby of the family, is planning to tell them she has cancer. Drifting between past and present, she considers the lives of women in their community and reckons with what it all means for her future and her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing elderly lesbians, twins who aren’t twins, and several dogs named Roger, Hoods Landing is about shoddy pasts, ambiguous futures and the imperfect bonds that tie family together. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-info product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for fiction at the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-info product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Vincent \u003c\/strong\u003e(Ngati Mahanga, Ngapuhi) is an author from Waiuku, with writing published locally and internationally, including in \u003cem\u003eThe Spinoff\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePUHIA\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNo Other Place to Stand\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSpoiled Fruit \u003c\/em\u003eanthologies, amongst others. Her poem ‘ACTIVITIES’ was part of an installation at Britomart for the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tamaki and she has spoken in panel discussions for STREETSIDE: Britomart, \u003cem\u003ebad apple\u003c\/em\u003e, and Same Same But Different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Expensive Hobby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40950073720896,"sku":"9780473745684","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0876\/8576\/files\/9780473745684.jpg?v=1774573754","url":"https:\/\/thepageandprose.co.nz\/products\/hoods-landing","provider":"The Page and Prose Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}