{"product_id":"left-behind-child","title":"Left Behind Child By Ante, Romalyn","description":"'A beautiful, hypnotic novel – positively capacious in its depth, its texture, and its heart' CLAIRE LOMBARDO'Captures brilliantly the complexity of a teenage girl's feelings for her absent mother' RACHEL JOYCEA mother forced to leave her family. A daughter forced to reckon with what is left behind.   Lipa, Philippines, 2001. 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.   But 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.   Praise for Romalyn Ante:'Ante is ... unparalleled in her image-making' Fiona Benson'Spellbinding' Observer'Powerful and hopeful ... Filled with heart and beauty' Cecile Pin","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57844211646846,"sku":"NW9781784746117","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781784746117.jpg?v=1786696745","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/left-behind-child","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}