{"product_id":"9781460755020","title":"Why You Are Australian","description":"A love letter to Australia, from a London exile. Includes all new updated extra chapter!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen expatriate novelist Nikki Gemmell had her children in London, she chose to give them Aussie citizenship over British. This is why. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy You Are Australian\u003c\/em\u003e is an examination of our country thirty years ago and today: all the glory of its sun and water - and all the darkness of tall poppies and Cronulla. How does our land look from way over there, and from right up close? A treatise about what it means to be Australian right now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonest, moving, provocative, uplifting - an exile's story, a mother's story, an Australian's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy You Are Australian\u003c\/em\u003e: for anyone who needs reminding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Achingly I want you to know what it is to be Aussie kids. Where playing barefoot is a signifier of freedom not impoverishment. Where a backyard's a given not a luxury. Where sunshine and fresh food grow children tall. Where you know what a rash shirt is and a nipper, a Paddle Pop and a Boogie Board.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nikki Gemmell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896457613461,"sku":"9781460755020","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460755020_7f36074c-c995-4f60-b243-9e8349c79d27.jpg?v=1776888426","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460755020","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}