{"product_id":"9781460760017_ten-thousand-aftershocks","title":"Ten Thousand Aftershocks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful, poetic and moving memoir of family, violence and estrangement, from a stunning new literary voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Michelle Tom's house was damaged by a deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011, she and her young family suffered through another 10,000 aftershocks before finally relocating to the stability of Melbourne, Australia. But soon after arriving, Michelle received the news that her estranged sister was dying. Determined to reconnect before her sister died, Michelle flew home to visit, and memories of childhood flooded back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through the five stages of an earthquake via remembered fragments, Michelle Tom explores the similarities between seismic upheaval and her own family's tragedies: her sister's terminal illness, her brother's struggle with schizophrenia and ultimate suicide, the sudden death of her father, her own panic disorder and, through it all, one overarching battle – her lifelong struggle to form a healthy connection with her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful, poetic and moving memoir of family, violence and estrangement, \u003cem\u003eTen Thousand Aftershocks\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together a series of ever-widening and far-reaching emotional and seismic aftershocks, in a beautifully written and compelling account of a dark family drama. For readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Erratics\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Dirt\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Emotionally visceral ... both destabilising and alluring ... Tom's use of language is so deft.' \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A compelling narrative' \u003cem\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An intricately structured memoir weaving the Christchurch earthquakes with the lifelong effects of family trauma and mental illness, T\u003cem\u003een Thousand Aftershocks\u003c\/em\u003e is brave, eloquent and suspenseful.' Louisa Deasey, \u003cem\u003eA Letter from Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michelle Tom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46897464082581,"sku":"9781460760017","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460760017_9a2e8ef6-0e79-4fa0-b78f-39e1de1f1eb6.jpg?v=1776888563","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460760017_ten-thousand-aftershocks","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}