{"product_id":"the-unbelonging-by-joan-riley-copy","title":"The Unbelonging by Joan Riley","description":"\u003cp\u003eSummoned to Britain by a father she had never known, 11-year-old Hyacinth exchanges the warmth and exuberance of the backstreets of Kingston, Jamaica, for the gloom of inner-city life. She finds herself in a land of strangers, the only black face in a sea of white. Faced at school with the hostility of her classmates, and at home with violence from her father, and a threatening sexuality she does not understand she seeks refuge in dreams of her homeland - dreams which she must eventually test against the truth. Though academic triumphs help, for Hyacinth the real search is for identity and a place in the world. In her first book black novelist Joan Riley paints a vivid portrait of immigrant experience in Britain, refusing to romanticise its harsh reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43238929301578,"sku":"6178m","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6178m.jpg?v=1768535485","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-unbelonging-by-joan-riley-copy","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}