Gunk Baby

Jamie Marina Lau, Cheryl Ho

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Hachette Australia
28 April 2021

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

Throughout a childhood spent moving between different countries, one thing was constant for Leen. The local shopping centre. Within those complexes the familiar landscape of logos, the bright lights, the climate controlled environment and the interactions between workers and customers never changed. It all looked shiny, new and tidy - on the surface.

So, when it feels like the same day for far too long, Leen decides to open a healing studio - ear-cleaning, massage and cupping - for her, the Par Mars Topic Heights shopping complex is the perfect location to build a business. A place where you can smell summer even if it happens to be winter. Here, Leen thinks she is making connections. Just like in the ancient Chinese art of ear-cleaning taught to her by her mother, she thinks what you can't see, you trust someone else to be able to. But what if you trust the wrong person? And what if that person is not looking to heal but to destroy?

With a fierce intellect and masterful storytelling, Jamie Marina Lau brings to life a world that is devastatingly close to our own. A world where consumerism drives us to buy things we don't need, where otherness can be used to manipulate, where a person's worth is measured by the role they play or the way they look and where protective services isn't about protecting others from violence but viciously punishing those who step outside the lines. Gunk Baby is inventive, confronting and unforgettable.

By: Jamie Marina Lau
Read by: Cheryl Ho
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9780733646270
ISBN 10: 0733646271
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jamie Marina Lau is a multidisciplinary artist and the author of Pink Mountain on Locust Island which was shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize and several other key literary awards. With explorations focusing on language, Jamie's work meditates on a landscape exploring dis-location of culture and space.

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Gunk Baby

Jamie Marina Lau, Cheryl Ho

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