{"product_id":"attraction-by-ruby-porter-9781925773552","title":"Attraction","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present reckons with the past in \u003ci\u003eAttraction\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruby Porter’s atmospheric debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree women are on a road trip, navigating the motorways of the North Island, their relationships with one another and New Zealand’s colonial history. Our narrator doesn’t know where she stands with Ilana, her not-quite girlfriend. She has a complex history with her best friend, Ashi. She’s haunted by the memory of her emotionally abusive ex-boyfriend. And her period’s now weeks late.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAttraction\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditative novel of connection, inheritance and the stories we tell ourselves. In lyrical fragments, Porter explores what it means to be and to belong, to create and to destroy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘[Porter’s] writing has the intensity of Sally Rooney, the rawness of Andrew McGahan’s \u003ci\u003ePraise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1988\u003c\/i\u003e but is also distinctly original…[A]n utterly amazing debut.’ \u003cb\u003eJon Page\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46670176452844,"sku":"9781925773552","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18060853482873.jpg?v=1752761853","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/attraction-by-ruby-porter-9781925773552","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}