{"product_id":"a-conversation-with-my-country-by-alan-duff-9780143773269","title":"A Conversation with my Country","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTelling it how he sees it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fresh, personal account of New Zealand, now, from one of our hardest-hitting writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003cem\u003eOnce Were Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e, Alan Duff wrote \u003cem\u003eMaori- The Crisis and the Challenge\u003c\/em\u003e. His controversial comments shook the country. A quarter of a century later, New Zealand and Maoridom are in a very different place. And so is Alan — he has published many more books, had two films made of his works, founded the Duffy Books in Homes literacy programme and endured 'some less inspiring moments, including bankruptcy'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReturned from living in France, he views his country with fresh eyes, as it is now — homing in on the crises in parenting, our prisons, education and welfare systems, and a growing culture of entitlement that entraps Pakeha and Maori alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNever one to shy away from being a whetstone on which others can sharpen their own opinions, Alan tells it how he sees it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342539018476,"sku":"9780143773269","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4448883482239.jpg?v=1743917964","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/a-conversation-with-my-country-by-alan-duff-9780143773269","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}