{"product_id":"the-left-behind-child-romalyn-ante-9781784746117","title":"The Left-Behind Child","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A must-read... Ante's sensuous description of life... counts the true cost to one family of a mother having to work abroad as a nurse. There's pain for everybody, but this... is written with such joy that the overall effect is exhilarating\"\n— Gwyneth Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful, hypnotic novel – positively capacious in its depth, its texture, and its heart\"\n— Claire Lombardo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Captures brilliantly the complexity of a teenage girl's feelings for her absent mother\"\n— Rachel Joyce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mother forced to leave her family. A daughter forced to reckon with what is left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLipa, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Romalyn Ante:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ante is ... unparalleled in her image-making\"\n— Fiona Benson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Spellbinding\"\n— Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful and hopeful ... Filled with heart and beauty\"\n— Cecile Pin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52182045491488,"sku":"9781784746117","price":14.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781784746117_3053943.jpg?v=1789052783","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-left-behind-child-romalyn-ante-9781784746117","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}