{"product_id":"foreign-country-by-marija-pericic-9781761154218","title":"Foreign Country","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical work that explores the fallibility of memory and asks if we can ever really know the ones we love or ourselves ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEstranged sisters—Eva and Elisabeta Novak—have not spoken since Eva’s young daughter, Gracie, was killed in a road accident. More than a decade later, and long after Eva has moved overseas, Elizabeta calls, insisting that Eva return home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when Eva arrives at her sister’s house, she discovers that Elizabeta is dead. Eva finds that she has been appointed the executor of Elizabeta’s estate, and as she undertakes the monumental task of clearing out the house, she comes to know her sister again through the objects and documents that she encounters. Through this process, Eva is forced to reckon with their shared history and the possibility that her mind cannot be trusted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeign Country\u003c\/i\u003e engages with themes of grief and loss, and the instability of memory. The novel explores the difficulty of coming to terms with conflicting accounts of the past and asks how well we ever really know the ones that we love, or our own past selves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eFOREIGN COUNTRY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Deft, haunting and finely paced, \u003ci\u003eForeign Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastating, engrossing story told with an assured voice. A novel that lingers.’ – Katherine Brabon, author of \u003ci\u003eCure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Vivid and alive with narrative richness and catharsis’ – \u003ci\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘a poetic story of emptiness and renewal, trauma and catharsis, loss and love’ – \u003ci\u003eReadings Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242212438252,"sku":"9781761154218","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761154218-foreign-country-1.jpg?v=1787966711","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/foreign-country-by-marija-pericic-9781761154218","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}