{"product_id":"9781784746117","title":"The Left-Behind Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful, hypnotic novel - positively capacious in its depth, its texture, and its heart\u003ci\u003e' \u003c\/i\u003eCLAIRE LOMBARDO\u003cbr\u003e'Captures brilliantly the complexity of a teenage girl's feelings for her absent mother' RACHEL JOYCE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA mother forced to leave her family. A daughter forced to reckon with what is left behind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLipa, Philippines, 2001\u003c\/i\u003e. Neneng is 11 when her mother, Rosa, leaves to work as a nurse overseas: abandoning Neneng to care for a distant father, unsettled relatives and rebellious siblings. Their home shatters, and Neneng finds herself facing womanhood alone. From that point on, she vows never to become a nurse, and never to trust her mother again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Neneng is more like the strong-minded Rosa than she realises. As Neneng fights to survive and build a new life, the darknesses in the family's past come to light, and the reasons why Rosa needed to leave become clearer. When a twist of fate brings a new mother figure into her orbit, Neneng will come to understand why the profession of nursing matters so deeply to Rosa and - when crisis strikes - what 'care' means to Neneng.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Romalyn Ante:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ante is ... unparalleled in her image-making' Fiona Benson\u003cbr\u003e'Spellbinding' Observer\u003cbr\u003e'Powerful and hopeful ... Filled with heart and beauty' Cecile Pin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chatto \u0026#38; Windus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57488410575221,"sku":"9781784746117","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781784746117.jpg?v=1786374633","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.live\/products\/9781784746117","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}