{"product_id":"overseas-experience","title":"Overseas Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her full-length poetry debut, \u003cem\u003eOverseas Experience\u003c\/em\u003e, Nicola Andrews (Ngāti Paoa, Pākehā) finds herself on two sides of the Pacific Ocean, writing to and from Tāmaki Makaurau and San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eOverseas\u003c\/em\u003e, billionaires, the digital world, Dr. Ropata and a rogue pōhutukawa collide. It’s a world beyond the long white cloud, examined through its eccentricities and familiarities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eExperience\u003c\/em\u003e is all-encompassing—full of being Māori, being a hōhā, being a nerd and being fully crack up. The in-between is a transitory existence of liminal spaces, aeroplane meals and customs fatigue that muddles the direction of ‘home’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply referential and rewardingly funny, \u003cem\u003eOverseas Experience\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection resonant with anyone who’s made a new home across the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eso sip your water, smile at your gated community\u003cbr\u003emake your last declarations, pounamu in hand\u003cbr\u003ebefore your throat dries out like a myna\u003cbr\u003ewarbling in the springtime, broadcasting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ehere i am here i am here i am\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Overseas Experience","offer_id":44705988739269,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/9780473745677.jpg?v=1746489394","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/overseas-experience","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}