{"product_id":"kist-rod-mackenzie-9798335861199","title":"Kist: The first part of the Orphan Country trilogy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKist\u003c\/i\u003e - a short novel - brief synopsis. Available on Kindle. First in a trilogy Family secrets, racism, prostitution, fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine being haunted by glimpses of family secrets and reminders that your foster family doesn't want you to know the truth of your origins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis, in part, is the story of Ruth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a baby Ruth is adopted into a European family in apartheid Cape Town. She is Chinese. Ruth tries to stitch together the threads of her identity in a complex society marked by racial oppression and violence. Being of Chinese origin makes navigating her coming of age even more complicated. As she grows, she sometimes encounters a Chinese boy, Simon, who is the same age as her, and similar in appearance. She starts to believe he is her twin brother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen things get a little weird. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKist\u003c\/i\u003e is the first part of a loosely connected trilogy of stories titled \u003ci\u003eOrphan Country\u003c\/i\u003e, set in both South Africa and China\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eIt explores how we are shaped by the cultural myths we tell each other, which then form our shared and individual identities. The crumbling of those shared national myths at the end of Apartheid led to a frequent tabula rasa of identity for some, or a negation of the ideas on which they had built their identities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to the opening story of \u003ci\u003eOrphan Country\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rod MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798335861199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Rod MacKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996506239231,"sku":"9798335861199","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kist-rod-mackenzie-9798335861199","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}