{"product_id":"chikwava-brian-shamiso","title":"Chikwava, Brian - Shamiso","description":"Zimbabwean girl meets gender-fluid Afro-Brit boy.\nThey can't stand each other but fall hopelessly in love,\nbefore being traumatised into separate paths by their\nmutual prejudices\nShamiso is a young girl, thoughtful but uncertain, taken by her family from\nrural Zimbabwe to bustling Harare. As she grows up there, she watches the\nworld: her distant, stern father, her angry stepmother and her father's strange,\nloving cousin, the elderly Jimson, who encourages Shamiso to discover her\npassion for art, her place in their family, and her voice in the world.\nWhen she takes a leap to leave Zimbabwe behind for Brighton, England,\nShamiso must find a new family and a new way of living. There she falls in\nlove for the first time with George - whose female identity, Georgie, is everything\nShamiso has ever wanted or needed. But can such happiness last, when\nneither of them knows yet who they truly are?\nQuirky, challenging and mischievous, this tender coming-of-age story brilliantly\nexamines selfhood, love and the many shapes family can take. From\nfirst moments to final steps, Shamiso is a thought-provoking, blazing work of\nmodern existence and all its contradictions.","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50224115777814,"sku":"RMX-49518","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/4dd3114226fa5e6b9e9bafe75ca019b2.jpg?v=1752063044","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/chikwava-brian-shamiso","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}