{"product_id":"the-clinging-thing","title":"The Clinging Thing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eMunira Tabassum Ahmed\u003c\/span\u003e | Paperback | June 2026 \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-330cd4a9=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-b8f0e8fe=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-e0819252=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-5e50dbe2=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIqra would like to be a good daughter, a good sister, a good woman, a good mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt has been made clear to her that people owe their lives to one another – to the driver who slows to a stop when she notices a jaywalker, and the roller-coaster operator who spots an improperly fastened harness . . . and Iqra’s mother, who raised her, and the mother before her, who tried to stop the blood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the loss of a pregnancy, Iqra returns to her mother's home in the place where she grew up. The past is porous, her recollections fail her, yet she is suffocating with memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA couple of hours out of the city, Seam River pulls Iqra back into a state of bewilderment. She revisits the stories of her parents and all the women before her, as dreams, memories, the uncertain and the impossible converge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe future refuses to take form. She finds wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e-----------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMunira Tabassum Ahmed’s work has been published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest of Australian Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeanjin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Poetry Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiminal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCordite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and elsewhere. She was the 2022 Kat Muscat Fellow. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Clinging Thing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50949710545063,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/Theclingingthing.jpg?v=1783571273","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/the-clinging-thing","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}