{"product_id":"the-airways-by-jennifer-mills-9781760980504","title":"The Airways","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI had a body once before. I didn't always love it. I knew the skin as my limit, and there were times I longed to leave it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI knew better than to wish for this.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Yun. It's the story of Adam. Two young people. A familiar chase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut this is not a love story. It's a story of revenge, transformation, survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeel something\u003c\/em\u003e, the body commands. \u003cem\u003eFeel this.\u003c\/em\u003e But it's a phantom... I go untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey want their body back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho are we, if we lose hold of the body? What might we become?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Airways\u003c\/em\u003e shifts between Sydney and Beijing, unsettling the boundaries of gender and power, consent and rage, self and other, and even life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful, inventive, and immersive novel from award-winning author Jennifer Mills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE AUREALIS AWARDS BEST HORROR NOVEL 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Airways\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sensational. \u003cem\u003eThe Airways\u003c\/em\u003e is an intricate, existential wonder - Mills' ability to inhabit boundlessness is astonishing. A deeply empathetic genius flows through these pages.' - Josephine Rowe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A haunting and intimate examination of violence, alienation, dislocation and possession, and the need to reckon with the past. \u003cem\u003eThe Airways\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful novel: Mills writes prose of rare distinction.' - Julie Koh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244464976108,"sku":"9781760980504","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760980504-the-airways-1.jpg?v=1787997436","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-airways-by-jennifer-mills-9781760980504","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}