{"product_id":"the-hate-race-by-maxine-beneba-clarke-9780733640421","title":"The Hate Race","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER of the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Nita B Kibble Award 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the ABIA Biography Book of the Year 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Indie Award for Non-Fiction 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Stella Prize 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller' - Dave Eggers, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst anything I had ever been told was possible, I was turning white. On the surface of my skin, a miracle was quietly brewing . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom blonde-brick. Family of five. Beat-up Ford Falcon. Vegemite on toast. Maxine Beneba Clarke's life is just like all the other Aussie kids on her street. Except for this one, glaring, inescapably obvious thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of Australia's most exciting writers, and the author of the multi-award-winning \u003ci\u003eForeign Soil\u003c\/i\u003e, comes \u003ci\u003eThe Hate Race\u003c\/i\u003e: a powerful, funny, and at times devastating memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There is a tendency to talk about a young author such as Clarke as a 'writer to watch' with the expectation that she may, one day, achieve the extraordinary. With \u003ci\u003eThe Hate Race\u003c\/i\u003e, she already has; don't watch, watch out.' - Beejay Silcox, \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Hate Race\u003c\/i\u003e has a heft to it that is at once steeped in history, and also exquisitely and playfully modern; it is lyrical, sincere and ironic, but above all, it is fierce.' - \u003ci\u003eBooks + Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846311039212,"sku":"9780733640421","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5104503482449.jpg?v=1758907563","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-hate-race-by-maxine-beneba-clarke-9780733640421","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}