{"product_id":"the-price-of-two-sparrows","title":"The Price of Two Sparrows","description":"Heico is an ornithologist fighting a losing battle to protect the birds in his beachside suburb. When a journalist asks for comment on a planned development, Heico exaggerates his reports on how many migratory birds use the site. Soon it is revealed that the proposed building is a mosque, and he finds himself embroiled in community resistance to the project. Still, he refuses to back down. As the delayed mosque project becomes a focal point for growing Islamophobia, Heico must confront his own ghosts, and the prejudices he insists he doesn't have.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNahla is Heico's house cleaner. Having recently arrived in Australia she is trying to find her place in a new country and a new marriage. Isolated and lonely, she sees the mosque as a symbol of what she hopes to find in Australia: community, familiarity, acceptance. But as resistance to the project intensifies, she must summon the courage and the language to speak out and claim her space in this new life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePiercingly clear-eyed and deeply insightful, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Two Sparrows\u003c\/i\u003e explores what we hold sacred and why. It delicately picks apart questions of community and prejudice, religion and nature in the modern world. This is a beautiful and thought-provoking debut from an exceptional new Australian writer.","brand":"Affirm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45313310851310,"sku":"9781922400635","price":24.73,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781922400635.jpg?v=1716307367","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-price-of-two-sparrows","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}