{"product_id":"9781035900459","title":"Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku","description":"Winner of the 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing. In this coming-of-age novel, acclaimed author Ellen Banda-Aaku offers a profound exploration into the effects of stigma, class, and family dynamics in 1970s Zambia.   Pumpkin is a nine-year-old girl pulled between two vastly different worlds - that of her father, the wealthy and power-hungry Joseph Sakavungo, and her mother, his unstable mistress.   As Pumpkin attempts to come to terms with her own identity, she struggles to fashion a future for herself out of the torn patchwork of her parents' lives.   Beautifully constructed, Banda-Aaku has crafted a story that is in equal parts uplifting and bittersweet.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56296282685813,"sku":"9781035900459","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781035900459.jpg?v=1762770920","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781035900459","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}