{"product_id":"born-in-a-second-language-akosua-afiriyie-hwedie-9781943735921","title":"Born in a Second Language","description":"2019 Button Poetry Prize Winner \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in a Second Language investigates how translation shapes and alters both language and identity as speakers travel through space and time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, languages are a means of conjuring an existence, of full expression and of defining who one becomes. Home exists on a spectrum: Botswana, Zambia, Ghana, one's body, music, mother, mother tongue etc. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkosua Zimba Afiriyie-Hwedie's book is an exploration of African and female identity, navigating what it means to be in-between identities, languages and homes and how those in-between spaces brush up against each other, and are in themselves, a home too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943735921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943735921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Button Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052052017407,"sku":"9781943735921","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e263c478-0d30-4af5-b854-c643d2ad5638.jpg?v=1685016687","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/born-in-a-second-language-akosua-afiriyie-hwedie-9781943735921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}