{"product_id":"9780857987273","title":"Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea","description":"Author: Munkara, Marie\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857987273\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 May 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartbreaking, darkly funny and deeply moving moving memoir from a fearlessly talented writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartbreaking, darkly funny and deeply moving memoir from a fearlessly talented writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelivered on the banks of the Mainoru River by her two full-blood grandmothers, Marie Munkara was born with light skin which meant one thing - it would only be a matter of time before she would be taken by the authorities and given to a white family to be raised. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen twenty-eight years later an old baptismal card falling out of a book changed the course of her life forever. It was a link to her past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnowing that she had to follow her heart or forever live to regret it Marie set out to find the family that she had lost, leaving her strict white Catholic parents aghast - why dig up the past?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith devastating honesty, humour and courage, the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEvery Secret Thing\u003c\/i\u003e shares her extraordinary journey of discovery to find her origins.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48312751718558,"sku":"UBD-9780857987273","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857987273.jpg?v=1790069135","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857987273","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}